M4.2 earthquake 160 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 160 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Apr 9, 2017, 11:32 AM GMT-3 (14:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-09 14:32:45 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.267° S, 72.799° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.794 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3442 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.969 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3438 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008g2g. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.