M4.5 earthquake 68 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 68 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile on Fri, Jul 5, 1985, 11:37 AM GMT-4 (15:37 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 53 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-05 15:37:30 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.407° S, 72.323° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.553 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15053 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.365 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15053 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.865 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15053 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.769 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15053 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
- 6.042 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.769 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.520 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.454 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15050 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.837 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15050 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15048 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.574 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15048 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.570 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15047 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.979 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15045 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.537 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15042 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.531 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15042 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.129 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15042 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.698 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15040 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.539 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15021 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15020 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.434 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15015 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.280 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15012 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.261 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15008 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.881 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15005 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.647 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15004 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.3102 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15003 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.274 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15003 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 5.557 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15054 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.134 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15064 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.511 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15065 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.461 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15071 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.550 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15078 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.964 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15080 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.333 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15080 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.650 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15081 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gfd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC.