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4.3MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

10 km SW of Lautaro, Chile

USGS

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 10 km SW of Lautaro, Chile on 06 Sept 2026, 06:09 UTC. The hypocentre was 64.6 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 1 other earthquake above our reporting threshold has been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.

Depth
64.6 km

shallow

Latitude
38.60°S

72.52°W longitude

Time
06:09 UTC

06 Sept 2026

Magnitude
M4.3

mb

EPICENTRE

View the official report

MAGNITUDE 4.3

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 89 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 43 tonnes of TNT.

64.6 KM DEEP

Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.

NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS

1 earthquake above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 4.5.

OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES

M4.3 earthquake — Lautaro, Chile · Quakewire