M4.2 earthquake 11 km SE of San Javier, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 11 km SE of San Javier, Chile on Sun, Sep 17, 2017, 3:36 AM GMT-3 (06:36 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 36 km NW of Talca, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-17 06:36:01 UTC
- Depth
- 88.7 km (55.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.670° S, 71.642° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000apfk. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC.