Chile earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 25 km SSW of San Antonio, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 25 km SSW of San Antonio, Chile on Tue, Mar 5, 1985, 1:38 PM GMT-3 (16:38 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 64 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time: Tue, Mar 5, 1985, 1:38 PM GMT-3
UTC: 1985-03-05 16:38:12 UTC
Depth: 49.1 km (30.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 33.810° S, 71.697° W
Region: Chile
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 95.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002cg0 (also filed as iscgem529269). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.