Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 71 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 71 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Tue, Nov 19, 1985, 8:16 PM GMT-3 (23:16 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 16 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

El Quisco forecastMore in Chile

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1985-11-19 23:16:54 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.260° S, 72.351° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Valparaiso.

From the USGS event page for usp0002myt. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.174 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 14912 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.816 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 14906 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.456 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 14902 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.682 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 14890 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.826 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 14887 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.391 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 14882 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.584 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 14881 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.352 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 14872 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.446 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 14957 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away

Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002myt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.