M4.4 earthquake 109 km WNW of Puerto, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 109 km WNW of Puerto, Chile on Wed, Mar 13, 2024, 7:50 PM GMT-3 (22:50 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 109 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-13 22:50:12 UTC
- Depth
- 25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.729° S, 71.062° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6109 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 935 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.5110 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 916 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.3105 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 935 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.3106 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 936 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.0128 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 936 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8104 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 936 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
- 4.8105 km WSW of Cuya, Chile · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000miqg. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:49 AM UTC.