M4.5 earthquake 100 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 100 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sun, Jan 25, 1987, 6:30 PM GMT-3 (21:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 89 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-01-25 21:30:11 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.322° S, 72.291° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.587 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.889 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.370 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.8103 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.970 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.788 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.297 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.586 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 14484 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.987 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 14481 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.478 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.672 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 14441 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00031xf. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.