M4.0 earthquake 59 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Jun 12, 2017, 5:28 AM GMT-4 (09:28 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 26 km SSW of Monte Patria, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-12 09:28:55 UTC
- Depth
- 34.4 km (21.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.498° S, 71.779° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.126 km SSW of Monte Patria, Chile · 3387 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3385 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 4.053 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3347 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.163 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3344 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 5.757 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3391 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 155
- 4.340 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3403 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.167 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3404 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.424 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3406 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3410 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3417 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.556 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3418 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009lx7. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:53 PM UTC.