M4.4 earthquake 48 km NNE of Vicuña, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 48 km NNE of Vicuña, Chile on Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 4:13 PM GMT-3 (19:13 UTC), 97 km (60 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
- 2018-09-26 19:13:01 UTC
- Depth
- 96.9 km (60.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 29.619° S, 70.575° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.060 km S of Vallenar, Chile · 2901 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.337 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2897 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.211 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2870 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000h2w1. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC.