M4.6 earthquake 41 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 41 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, May 27, 2018, 11:18 AM GMT-4 (15:18 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-27 15:18:01 UTC
- Depth
- 40.5 km (25.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.432° S, 71.535° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 78
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.222 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3020 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.366 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3017 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.670 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3015 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 4.457 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3012 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.315 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3011 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.560 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3009 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.282 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3005 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.140 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2995 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2994 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ecyp. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC.