M4.1 earthquake 65 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile on Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 6:40 PM GMT-3 (21:40 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 47 km WSW of Santa Cruz, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-13 21:40:12 UTC
- Depth
- 15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.346° S, 71.983° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 40
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008jkr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC.