M4.2 earthquake 17 km SE of Paine, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Paine, Chile on Mon, Jan 2, 2017, 5:39 AM GMT-3 (08:39 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 8 km SSE of Puente Alto, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-02 08:39:13 UTC
- Depth
- 94.8 km (58.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 33.925° S, 70.616° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.410 km SSE of San Antonio, Chile · 3565 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
- 4.216 km NE of Graneros, Chile · 3570 days ago · 96 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
- 4.331 km ESE of Paine, Chile · 3587 days ago · 107 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.444 km E of Puente Alto, Chile · 3589 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007p6s. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.