M3.2 earthquake 72 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 72 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile on Thu, Apr 11, 1985, 9:53 PM GMT-4 (01:53 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 33 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-04-12 01:53:22 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.960° S, 72.262° 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: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.379 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15146 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.5124 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15146 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.855 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15145 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.633 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15144 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.562 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15144 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.571 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15143 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.297 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15143 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.868 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15143 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.674 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15142 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.684 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15140 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.574 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15138 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.664 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15137 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.342 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15137 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.960 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15137 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.359 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15137 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.776 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15137 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.190 km N of Constitución, Chile · 15125 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 15117 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.942 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15114 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.4109 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 15112 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7136 km NNW of Constitución, Chile · 15111 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.583 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15110 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.671 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15110 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.982 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15110 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.678 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15109 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.953 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15108 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.638 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15108 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.569 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15105 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.661 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15104 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6107 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15099 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.539 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15096 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.990 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15093 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.650 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15089 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.333 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15088 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.964 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15088 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.066 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15147 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.010 km N of Cartagena, Chile · 15147 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.274 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15149 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 7.259 km S of San Antonio, Chile · 15150 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.943 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15156 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.271 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15159 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.765 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15159 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.680 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 15161 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7105 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 15162 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.280 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15164 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.5117 km N of Constitución, Chile · 15164 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7101 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15165 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.586 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 15165 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.789 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 15165 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.658 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15166 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.776 km NW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 15166 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.597 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15167 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.173 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 15167 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.223 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 15170 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.738 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15170 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002dqr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC.