Just 17 minutes ago, a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck near Melipilla, Provincia de Melipilla, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile. The tremor was recorded on the morning of Wednesday, October 28th, 2026, at 9:52 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 46 km below the surface.The event was reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the RaspberryShake citizen-seismograph network, which also listed the quake at magnitude 4.1. A third agency, the National Seismological Center (Centro Sismológico Nacional, CSN) of the University of Chile, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.1.Weak shaking might have been felt in Melipilla (pop. 63,100), located 27 km from the epicenter; El Monte (pop. 26,500), 39 km away; Talagante (pop. 51,800), 44 km away; and San Antonio (pop. 87,700), 47 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Penaflor (pop. 65,500), located 52 km from the epicenter; Paine (pop. 72,800), 52 km away; San Bernardo (pop. 249,900), 66 km away; Maipu (pop. 503,600), 67 km away; Puente Alto (pop. 568,100), 75 km away; and Santiago (pop. 4,837,300), 79 km away.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 28, 2026 09:52 am (GMT -3) local time (28 Oct 2026 12:52 GMT)Magnitude: 4.1Hypocenter depth: 46.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 33.92°S / 71.29°W (Melipilla, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile)Primary data source: EMSC