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M4.8 earthquake 35 km W of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 35 km W of La Ligua, Chile on Sat, Jul 7, 2012, 6:52 AM GMT-4 (10:52 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2012-07-07 10:52:15 UTC
Depth
32.8 km (20.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.502° S, 71.600° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Zapallar, (III) at Quillota and Villa Alemana and (II) at Vina del Mar. Also felt at San Antonio.

From the USGS event page for usp000jnqd. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
117

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.86 km ENE of La Ligua, Chile · 5149 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 15

Before

  1. 3.940 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5211 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jnqd (also filed as usb000b0e7). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.