M4.8 earthquake 65 km W of Cartagena, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 65 km W of Cartagena, Chile on Sat, Jul 6, 1985, 10:38 AM GMT-4 (14:38 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 42 km WNW 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 (ms), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-06 14:38:22 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.463° S, 72.303° 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 1.8 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.769 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15061 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
- 6.042 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15060 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.769 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15060 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 15060 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.520 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15060 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.454 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15058 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.837 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15058 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15056 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.574 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15056 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.570 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15055 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.979 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15053 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.537 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15050 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.531 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15050 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.129 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15050 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.698 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15048 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.539 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15029 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15029 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.434 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15023 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.280 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15020 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.261 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15016 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.881 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15013 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.647 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15012 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.3102 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15011 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.274 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15011 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.365 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15061 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.553 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15061 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.568 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15062 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.557 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15062 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.134 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15072 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.511 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15073 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.461 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15079 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.964 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15088 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.333 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15088 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.650 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15089 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gh2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:44 PM UTC.