Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 95 km W of San Antonio, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 95 km W of San Antonio, Chile on Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 7:41 AM GMT-4 (11:41 UTC), 12 km (8 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-07-14 11:41:15 UTC
Depth
12.2 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.718° S, 72.629° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

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

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 61°, dip 57°, rake 153°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 166°, dip 68°, rake 36°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.1 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
142°
Stations used
70

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.485 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 3362 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 17
  2. 4.330 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3354 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 32
  3. 4.340 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3353 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 17
  4. 4.176 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 3333 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.250 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3317 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 31
  6. 4.058 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3310 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.067 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 3370 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.960 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 3370 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 33
  3. 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3375 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 12

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009was. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC.