M4.3 earthquake 92 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 92 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Sun, Jan 1, 2017, 12:19 PM GMT-3 (15:19 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 91 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-01 15:19:05 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.791° S, 71.672° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.332 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3549 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 5.091 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3501 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 4.130 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3557 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.977 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 3563 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2172 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 3564 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 3.983 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3565 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.150 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3565 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007p3k. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC.