M4.8 earthquake 104 km WNW of Puerto, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 104 km WNW of Puerto, Chile on Wed, Mar 13, 2024, 7:10 PM GMT-3 (22:10 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 128 km WNW of Puerto, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-13 22:10:23 UTC
- Depth
- 19.9 km (12.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.720° S, 71.008° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.069 · 65 stations |
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.5 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0128 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 935 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3106 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 935 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3105 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 935 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.4109 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 935 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6109 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 935 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.033 km SSE of Cuya, Chile · 925 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 14
- 4.5110 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 916 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000miq9 (also filed as usauto6000miq9). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.