M4.7 earthquake 60 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 60 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Wed, Apr 3, 1985, 10:08 AM GMT-4 (14:08 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 32 km W 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
- 1985-04-03 14:08:37 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.561° S, 71.951° 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.032 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15142 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.359 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15138 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.853 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15134 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.868 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15134 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.674 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15134 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.574 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15130 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.613 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15123 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.345 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 15120 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.832 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15113 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.723 km NNW of Llaillay, Chile · 15107 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.942 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15106 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.569 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15097 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.661 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15096 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.543 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15093 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.539 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15088 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 6.242 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 15147 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.943 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15147 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.765 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15151 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.658 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15158 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.826 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15161 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.223 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 15162 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.738 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15162 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.480 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15162 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.012 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15162 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
- 6.718 km S of Valparaíso, Chile · 15162 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0near the coast of central Chile · 15163 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.429 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 15163 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.153 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15164 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 6.735 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 15164 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15166 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.763 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15167 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.752 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15167 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.710 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15167 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.250 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15167 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.577 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15168 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002de7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC.