M4.8 earthquake 37 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 37 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Tue, Jul 9, 1985, 3:36 AM GMT-4 (07:36 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 45 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
- 1985-07-09 07:36:50 UTC
- Depth
- 44.7 km (27.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.867° S, 71.980° 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15055 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.574 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15055 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.570 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15054 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.979 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.537 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15049 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.531 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15049 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.129 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15049 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.698 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15047 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.539 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15028 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15028 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.434 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15022 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.280 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15019 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.881 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15012 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.647 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15011 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.274 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15010 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.454 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15057 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.520 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15059 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 15059 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.769 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15059 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 6.042 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15059 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.769 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15060 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.865 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15060 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.365 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15060 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.553 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15060 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.568 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15061 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.557 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15061 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.134 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15072 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.511 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15072 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.461 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15078 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.550 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15085 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.964 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15087 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.333 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15087 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gmp. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:58 PM UTC.