M4.1 earthquake 69 km W of Quellón, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 69 km W of Quellón, Chile on Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 2:30 PM GMT-3 (17:30 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 38 km WSW of Quellón, 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
- 2017-02-07 17:30:48 UTC
- Depth
- 15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.218° S, 74.455° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.270 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3504 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.538 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3498 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.358 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3474 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008i9m. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:26 AM UTC.