M5.1 earthquake 29 km W of Valparaíso, Chile

Magnitude

5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, Jul 17, 1985, 7:04 PM GMT-4

UTC

1985-07-17 23:04:47 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.071° S, 71.938° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

From the USGS event page for usp0002gvj. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast29 kmW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast127 kmWNW

After

1. 4.698 km W of Cartagena, ChileFri, Jul 19, 9:22 PM GMT-4 · 15049 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
2. 4.539 km W of Valparaíso, ChileWed, Aug 7, 7:10 AM GMT-4 · 15031 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
3. 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Aug 8, 2:06 AM GMT-4 · 15030 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
4. 4.434 km WNW of Cartagena, ChileTue, Aug 13, 9:28 PM GMT-4 · 15024 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
5. 4.280 km WNW of Cartagena, ChileFri, Aug 16, 10:45 AM GMT-4 · 15022 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
6. 5.261 km WSW of San Antonio, ChileTue, Aug 20, 8:21 AM GMT-4 · 15018 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
7. 4.881 km WNW of Cartagena, ChileFri, Aug 23, 2:19 PM GMT-4 · 15014 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
8. 4.647 km WNW of Cartagena, ChileSat, Aug 24, 11:22 PM GMT-4 · 15013 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
9. 4.274 km WSW of Valparaíso, ChileSun, Aug 25, 9:18 PM GMT-4 · 15012 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
10. 4.484 km W of San Antonio, ChileThu, Sep 12, 11:18 AM GMT-4 · 14995 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
11. 3.289 km WSW of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Sep 12, 11:54 PM GMT-4 · 14994 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away

Before

1. 5.531 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileWed, Jul 17, 9:53 AM GMT-4 · 15052 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
2. 4.537 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileWed, Jul 17, 9:37 AM GMT-4 · 15052 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
3. 4.979 km WSW of Valparaíso, ChileSun, Jul 14, 2:20 PM GMT-4 · 15054 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
4. 4.570 km W of Cartagena, ChileFri, Jul 12, 12:14 PM GMT-4 · 15057 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
5. 3.574 km W of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Jul 11, 5:02 PM GMT-4 · 15057 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
6. 5.545 km W of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Jul 11, 4:31 PM GMT-4 · 15057 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
7. 4.837 km WNW of Valparaíso, ChileTue, Jul 9, 3:36 AM GMT-4 · 15060 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
8. 4.454 km WNW of Valparaíso, ChileTue, Jul 9, 3:33 AM GMT-4 · 15060 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
9. 4.520 km WSW of Valparaíso, ChileSun, Jul 7, 4:32 PM GMT-4 · 15061 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
10. 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileSun, Jul 7, 2:48 PM GMT-4 · 15061 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
11. 4.769 km W of Valparaíso, ChileSun, Jul 7, 9:05 AM GMT-4 · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
12. 6.042 km WNW of Valparaíso, ChileSun, Jul 7, 7:25 AM GMT-4 · 15062 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
13. 4.769 km WNW of Cartagena, ChileSat, Jul 6, 4:56 PM GMT-4 · 15062 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
14. 4.865 km W of Cartagena, ChileSat, Jul 6, 10:38 AM GMT-4 · 15063 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
15. 4.365 km W of Cartagena, ChileSat, Jul 6, 7:23 AM GMT-4 · 15063 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
16. 5.553 km WNW of Cartagena, ChileSat, Jul 6, 4:33 AM GMT-4 · 15063 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
17. 4.568 km WNW of Cartagena, ChileFri, Jul 5, 11:37 AM GMT-4 · 15064 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
18. 5.557 km WNW of Cartagena, ChileFri, Jul 5, 11:22 AM GMT-4 · 15064 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
19. 5.134 km WNW of Cartagena, ChileTue, Jun 25, 3:20 AM GMT-4 · 15074 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
20. 4.511 km SW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Jun 24, 7:37 AM GMT-4 · 15075 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gvj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC.