M5.0 earthquake 91 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 91 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Sun, Feb 26, 2017, 5:59 AM GMT-3 (08:59 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-26 08:59:16 UTC
- Depth
- 34.7 km (21.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.960° S, 71.588° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 4°, dip 30°, rake 101°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 171°, dip 61°, rake 84°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 89
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2160 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Atacama, Chile · 3475 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.472 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 3449 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 4.36 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3437 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008mhp (also filed as iscgem610241380). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC.