4.9MAG
LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
235 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile
USGS
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 235 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile on 11 Sept 2026, 22:32 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention.
- Depth
- 10 km
- Latitude
- 45.72°S
- Time
- 22:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.9
shallow
75.82°W longitude
11 Sept 2026
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EPICENTRE
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MAGNITUDE 4.9
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 710 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 338 tonnes of TNT.
10 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.
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