Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 49 km WSW of Quellón, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 49 km WSW of Quellón, Chile on Fri, Jan 6, 2017, 8:11 PM GMT-3 (23:11 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 52 km WSW of Quellón, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-01-06 23:11:36 UTC
Depth
25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.274° S, 74.187° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 197°, dip 81°, rake 112°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 309°, dip 24°, rake 23°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.4 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
170°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.552 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.152 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3539 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 3.978 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3529 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3522 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.270 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3505 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 4.538 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3499 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 5.576 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3557 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.280 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3559 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 3.966 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3560 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.168 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.164 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 3.978 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.556 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.849 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.763 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.370 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 4.174 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.278 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  13. 5.268 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 4.186 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 4.1100 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 4.574 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 4.585 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.156 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 4.471 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007rs3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:05 AM UTC.