M4.8 earthquake 45 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 45 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Fri, Oct 5, 1973, 5:34 PM GMT-3 (20:34 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 42 km W of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-10-05 20:34:21 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.175° S, 72.093° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.942 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.741 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.624 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.045 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.348 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.259 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19343 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.055 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19342 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.540 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19340 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.134 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19338 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.933 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19330 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.147 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19323 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19319 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.857 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19311 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.948 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19302 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.831 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19302 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.554 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.435 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.453 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.543 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.458 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.335 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.444 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.543 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.639 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.05 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 19345 days ago · 84 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.838 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.625 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.044 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.329 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.719 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
- 6.724 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 6.527 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.830 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.643 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 19352 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00003qb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.