M5.0 earthquake 64 km NNE of San Felipe, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 64 km NNE of San Felipe, Chile on Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 10:25 AM GMT-3 (13:25 UTC), 96 km (60 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
- 2018-08-31 13:25:01 UTC
- Depth
- 96.3 km (59.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 32.206° S, 70.479° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 28
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
28 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 60°, dip 55°, rake -37°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 174°, dip 61°, rake -139°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 204
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h5yi (also filed as iscgem612674475). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.