M4.3 earthquake 6 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 1:55 AM GMT-3 (04:55 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 85 km W 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
- 2017-04-27 04:55:02 UTC
- Depth
- 75.2 km (46.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 28.596° S, 70.818° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.188 km NNE of Vicuña, Chile · 3436 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.785 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 3432 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 4.778 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 3432 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.388 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile · 3402 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 3.994 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3400 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008l7x. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:04 AM UTC.