M4.2 earthquake 119 km ESE of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 119 km ESE of Vallenar, Chile on Fri, Jan 6, 2017, 10:15 PM GMT-3 (01:15 UTC), 125 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 118 km NW of San José de Jáchal, Argentina. 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
- 2017-01-07 01:15:54 UTC
- Depth
- 124.8 km (77.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 29.012° S, 69.635° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 39
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 us10007rsi. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.