M4.9 earthquake 79 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 79 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sun, Jul 14, 1985, 2:20 PM GMT-4 (18:20 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
- 4.9 (ms), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-14 18:20:22 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.297° S, 72.418° 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 1.9 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.537 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15042 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.531 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15042 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.129 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15042 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.698 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15040 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.539 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15021 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15020 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.434 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15015 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.280 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15012 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.261 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 15008 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.881 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15005 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.647 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15004 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.274 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15003 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.484 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 14985 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 4.570 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15047 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.574 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15048 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15048 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.837 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15050 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.454 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15050 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.520 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.769 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 6.042 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15052 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.769 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15053 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.865 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15053 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.365 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 15053 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.553 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15053 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.568 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15054 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.557 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15054 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.134 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 15064 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.511 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 15065 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.461 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 15071 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gss. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC.