M3.9 earthquake 94 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 94 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Tue, Jun 6, 2017, 11:21 AM GMT-4 (15:21 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-06 15:21:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.776° S, 71.703° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 182°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 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 us20009kxf. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC.