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4.3MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

60 km SW of La Tirana, Chile

USGS

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 60 km SW of La Tirana, Chile on 09 Sept 2026, 11:46 UTC. The hypocentre was 30.6 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 14 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.

Depth
30.6 km

shallow

Latitude
20.63°S

70.57°W longitude

Time
11:46 UTC

09 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.

30.6 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

14 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 4.7.

OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES

M4.3 earthquake — La Tirana, Chile · Quakewire