M4.4 earthquake 51 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 51 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, 2:35 AM GMT-3 (05:35 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 70 km SE 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
- 2018-04-14 05:35:27 UTC
- Depth
- 94.0 km (58.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 28.366° S, 70.294° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.570 km SE of Vallenar, Chile · 3088 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.123 km N of Vallenar, Chile · 3069 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000e03s. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC.