Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 153 km west of Valdivia, Los Rios Region, Chile, on Monday, 28 Dec 2020 1:09 am (GMT -5) -

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.7 quake South Pacific Ocean, 145 km west of Valdivia, Los Rios Region, Chile, 27 Dec 2020 4:39 pm (GMT -5), which had occurred 8 hours earlier.
Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 153 km west of Valdivia, Los Rios Region, Chile, on Monday, 28 Dec 2020 1:09 am (GMT -5)

Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 31 km depth

28 Dec 06:16 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
28 Dec 08:24: Now using data updates from GUG (U. Chile)
Date & time: 28 Dec 2020 06:09:12 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Monday, 28 Dec 2020 1:09 am (GMT -5)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 30.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 39.43°S / 74.955°W (South Pacific Ocean, Chile)
Nearby towns and cities:
133 km (83 mi) WNW of Vuelta de la Zorra (pop: 50) --> See nearby quakes!
153 km (95 mi) WNW of Valdivia (pop: 133,400) --> See nearby quakes!
155 km (96 mi) WNW of Las Animas (pop: 30,000) --> See nearby quakes!
187 km (116 mi) WNW of La Union (Ranco) (pop: 26,300) --> See nearby quakes!
189 km (118 mi) WSW of Nueva Imperial (Cautín) (pop: 18,800) --> See nearby quakes!
201 km (125 mi) NW of Osorno (pop: 135,800) --> See nearby quakes!
217 km (135 mi) WSW of Temuco (pop: 238,100) --> See nearby quakes!
284 km (176 mi) NW of Port Montt (pop: 160,100) --> See nearby quakes!
341 km (212 mi) SSW of Talcahuano (pop: 253,000) --> See nearby quakes!
768 km (477 mi) SSW of Santiago de Chile (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GUG (U. Chile)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.431 km153 Km Al O De Valdivia, ChileGUG (U. Chile)
M 4.910 kmOFF COAST OF LOS LAGOS, CHILEEMSC
M 4.910 km155 Km WNW of Corral, ChileUSGS
M 4.910 km- 155 km WNW of Corral, ChileGFZ

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