Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 45 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 45 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Mar 9, 2017, 2:34 PM GMT-3 (17:34 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 55 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-03-09 17:34:02 UTC
Depth
35.5 km (22.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.776° S, 71.619° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.6 km horizontally, 12.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.37
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
175°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.846 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3481 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 23
  2. 4.091 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3477 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.084 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3477 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.766 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3477 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.168 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3475 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 5.455 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3454 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 14
  7. 4.166 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3453 days ago · 58 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.033 km SSW of Salamanca, Chile · 3452 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.580 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3450 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.636 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3449 days ago · 52 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.794 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3441 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 3.969 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3437 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100087y2. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC.