M4.7 earthquake 65 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sat, Mar 30, 1985, 8:10 AM GMT-4 (12:10 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km WSW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-30 12:10:31 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.239° S, 72.284° 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 1.7 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.271 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15150 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.943 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15148 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 6.242 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 15147 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.760 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15147 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.032 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15142 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.274 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15141 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.010 km N of Cartagena, Chile · 15139 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.066 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15139 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.272 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15139 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.359 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15139 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.379 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15138 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.5124 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15138 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.855 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15136 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.633 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15135 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.562 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15135 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.571 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15135 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.297 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15135 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.853 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15135 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.868 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15135 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.674 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15134 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.684 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15132 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.574 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15130 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.664 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15129 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.342 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15129 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.960 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15129 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.359 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15128 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.776 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15128 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.613 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15123 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.832 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15113 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 15108 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.942 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15106 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.583 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15101 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.671 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15101 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.982 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15101 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.678 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15101 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.953 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15100 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.638 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15099 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.569 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15097 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.661 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15096 days ago · 56 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.543 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15093 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.280 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15155 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.658 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15158 days ago · 53 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.597 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15159 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.826 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15161 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.223 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 15162 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.738 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15162 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.480 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15162 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.012 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15163 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 6.718 km S of Valparaíso, Chile · 15163 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.666 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15163 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.0near the coast of central Chile · 15163 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4100 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15164 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.153 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15164 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 6.735 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 15164 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.697 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15165 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15166 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.041 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 15166 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.763 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15167 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.0106 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15167 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.752 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15168 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
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