M4.8 earthquake 32 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 32 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile on Tue, May 7, 1985, 7:14 AM GMT-4 (11:14 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 42 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-07 11:14:12 UTC
- Depth
- 45.5 km (28.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.797° S, 71.834° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 15108 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.723 km NNW of Llaillay, Chile · 15107 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.942 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15106 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.953 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15100 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.638 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15099 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.569 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15097 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.661 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15096 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.543 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15093 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.539 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15088 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.650 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15081 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.333 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15080 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.964 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15080 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.550 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15078 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.511 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15065 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.134 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15064 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.557 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15054 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.568 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15054 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.553 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15053 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.345 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 15120 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.613 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15122 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.776 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15128 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.359 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15128 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.960 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15128 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.574 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15130 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.674 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15134 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.868 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15134 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.853 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15134 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.633 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15135 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.359 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15138 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.010 km N of Cartagena, Chile · 15139 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.032 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15141 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ehk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.