M4.8 earthquake 103 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 103 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Mon, Jan 26, 1987, 8:29 PM GMT-3 (23:29 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 70 km WNW of La Ligua, 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
- 1987-01-26 23:29:11 UTC
- Depth
- 32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.163° S, 72.277° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.970 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.788 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.297 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 47 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.586 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.987 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 14481 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.478 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.672 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 14441 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 5.370 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.889 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.587 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 53 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.5100 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 14485 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.651 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14486 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00031y7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.