M3.5 earthquake 74 km W of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 74 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Thu, Jul 11, 1985, 5:02 PM GMT-4 (21:02 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 31 km NNW 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
- 3.5 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-11 21:02:12 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.026° S, 72.424° 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 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.570 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15054 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.979 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.537 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15049 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.531 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15049 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.129 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15049 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.698 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15047 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.539 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15028 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15028 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.434 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15022 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.280 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15019 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.261 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15015 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.881 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15012 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.647 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15011 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.274 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15010 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 5.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15055 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.837 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15058 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.454 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15058 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.520 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15059 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 15059 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.769 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15059 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 6.042 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15059 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.769 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15060 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.865 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15060 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.365 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15060 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.553 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15060 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.568 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15061 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.557 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15061 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.134 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15072 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.511 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15072 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.461 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15078 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gpz. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC.