M4.1 earthquake 66 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 66 km W of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 10:36 PM GMT-3 (01:36 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 57 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-14 01:36:22 UTC
- Depth
- 57.7 km (35.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.738° S, 71.858° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 16.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.033 km SSW of Salamanca, Chile · 3454 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.580 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3451 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.636 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3450 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 3.794 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3443 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.969 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3439 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3428 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.556 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3423 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3422 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 4.167 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3409 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 5.757 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3396 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 155
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3395 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 5.455 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3456 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 14
- 4.3141 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3462 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.168 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3477 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.766 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3479 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.084 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3479 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.091 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3479 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.846 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3482 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 23
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008hfh. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC.