Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 67 km W of San Antonio, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 67 km W of San Antonio, Chile on Thu, Jul 6, 2017, 11:31 PM GMT-4 (03:31 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 85 km W of San Antonio, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-07-07 03:31:42 UTC
Depth
9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.714° S, 72.324° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.4 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.695 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 3365 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  2. 5.485 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 3365 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 17
  3. 4.131 km SSW of Melipilla, Chile · 3363 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
  4. 4.330 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3357 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 32
  5. 4.340 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3356 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 17
  6. 4.176 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 3336 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.250 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3320 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 31

Before

  1. 4.960 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 3372 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 33
  2. 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3378 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 12
  3. 4.321 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3397 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 15
  4. 4.558 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3399 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100097jv. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.