Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 52 km WSW of Quellón, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 52 km WSW of Quellón, Chile on Wed, Jan 18, 2017, 10:31 AM GMT-3 (13:31 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-01-18 13:31:44 UTC
Depth
26.3 km (16.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.267° S, 74.233° 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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 184°, dip 82°, rake 100°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 312°, dip 12°, rake 39°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.1 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
141°
Stations used
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.152 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3538 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 3.978 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3528 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3521 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.270 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3504 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.538 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3498 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 4.149 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 5.576 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3556 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  3. 4.280 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3558 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.966 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3559 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.168 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3562 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.164 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3562 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 3.978 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.556 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 4.849 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.763 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.370 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 4.174 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 4.278 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  14. 5.268 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 4.186 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 4.1100 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 4.574 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 4.585 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 4.156 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007txm. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:14 PM UTC.