M4.5 earthquake 39 km NNE of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 39 km NNE of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 11:59 AM GMT-3 (14:59 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 53 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-10 14:59:49 UTC
- Depth
- 93.1 km (57.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 31.335° S, 70.939° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 54°, dip 62°, rake -9°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 148°, dip 82°, rake -152°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.6 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.016 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3540 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.441 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3534 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.124 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3532 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.29 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 3530 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 4.753 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3526 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.055 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3501 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.174 km SW of Calingasta, Argentina · 3499 days ago · 144 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.145 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3484 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.442 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3551 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.348 km E of Monte Patria, Chile · 3558 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3565 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 4.013 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3566 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.843 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3572 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007sd0. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC.