M4.3 earthquake 63 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 63 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sun, Jun 10, 2018, 11:49 PM GMT-4 (03:49 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 70 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-11 03:49:06 UTC
- Depth
- 20.1 km (12.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.520° S, 71.912° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 312°, dip 26°, rake 51°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 174°, dip 70°, rake 107°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.9 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 83
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.366 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3018 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.670 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3017 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 4.282 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3010 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.352 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2996 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 3.745 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2991 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.366 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2983 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000en2x. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC.