M4.6 earthquake 109 km WNW of Puerto, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 109 km WNW of Puerto, Chile on Wed, Mar 13, 2024, 8:05 PM GMT-3 (23:05 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-13 23:05:04 UTC
- Depth
- 8.9 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.707° S, 71.048° 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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 307°, dip 25°, rake 64°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 155°, dip 68°, rake 102°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.4109 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 935 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.3105 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 935 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.3106 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 936 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.0128 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 936 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8104 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 936 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 4.8105 km WSW of Cuya, Chile · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000miqh. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC.