M4.6 earthquake 58 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 58 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 7:58 AM GMT-4 (11:58 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 26 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-01 11:58:01 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.849° S, 71.273° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 101
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.279 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2998 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.094 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2102 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2970 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.125 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2969 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.226 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2953 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 18
- 4.029 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2952 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fsyg. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:11 AM UTC.