M4.3 earthquake 141 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 141 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Apr 7, 2017, 1:38 AM GMT-3 (04:38 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 80 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-07 04:38:39 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.385° S, 72.631° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2160 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3455 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.166 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3450 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.580 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3447 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.794 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3438 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.969 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3435 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3424 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3418 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008fdf. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.