M4.2 earthquake 79 km W of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 79 km W of Vallenar, Chile on Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 1:17 PM GMT-4 (17:17 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 93 km W 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-13 17:17:15 UTC
- Depth
- 20.8 km (12.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.663° S, 71.566° 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, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.094 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2102 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2970 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.092 km SW of Vallenar, Chile · 2949 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.660 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2948 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 4.534 km N of Vallenar, Chile · 2948 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.393 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2940 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000g4c1. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC.