M4.4 earthquake 173 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 173 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile on Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 1:10 PM GMT-4 (17:10 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 2018-07-06 17:10:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.822° S, 72.311° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fye9. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC.