M4.4 earthquake 110 km W of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 110 km W of Vallenar, Chile on Sat, Jan 13, 2018, 1:47 PM GMT-3 (16:47 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 118 km WSW 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-13 16:47:53 UTC
- Depth
- 21.9 km (13.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.703° S, 71.885° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6179 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 3172 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.2118 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3171 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 9
- 4.278 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 3164 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.390 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 3159 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.189 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3154 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.1145 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3153 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
- 4.3154 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3141 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.392 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3126 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cpvm. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC.