Chile earthquakes

M5.5 earthquake 12 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 12 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sun, Mar 3, 1985, 7:46 PM GMT-3 (22:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M8.0 25 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.5 (mb), moderate
Local time: Sun, Mar 3, 1985, 7:46 PM GMT-3
UTC: 1985-03-03 22:46:56 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 33.107° S, 71.737° W
Region: Chile
Strongest shaking: V, moderate shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: V, moderate shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 7.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.9 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 134.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ccy (also filed as iscgem529083, iscgemsup529083). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:36 AM UTC.