M4.2 earthquake 125 km NW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 125 km NW of Vallenar, Chile on Tue, Jun 6, 2017, 1:30 AM GMT-4 (05:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 47 km WNW 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-06 05:30:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.797° S, 71.691° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3128 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 3400 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.2120 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 3398 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 5.347 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 3343 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 4.350 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 3343 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009kvg. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC.