M4.3 earthquake 49 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 49 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Tue, May 22, 2012, 2:22 AM GMT-4 (06:22 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 35 km W 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-05-22 06:22:01 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.244° S, 71.691° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000jks9. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.74 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 5231 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.765 km W of Illapel, Chile · 5214 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.940 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5210 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.835 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 5201 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.641 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5252 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 7
- 3.734 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 5252 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.327 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5257 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.146 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5270 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jks9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:36 AM UTC.