M4.4 earthquake 79 km NW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 79 km NW of Vallenar, Chile on Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 4:56 AM GMT-3 (07:56 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-27 07:56:35 UTC
- Depth
- 22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.178° S, 71.430° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 34
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.123 km N of Vallenar, Chile · 3072 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.997 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile · 3059 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.317 km SSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3022 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dt78. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:18 AM UTC.