M4.5 earthquake 50 km N of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 50 km N of Vallenar, Chile on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 1:38 PM GMT-3 (16:38 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-05 16:38:04 UTC
- Depth
- 73.2 km (45.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 28.121° S, 70.726° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.451 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile · 3089 days ago · 94 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.479 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 3076 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.123 km N of Vallenar, Chile · 3070 days ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.997 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile · 3057 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dv10. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.