Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 27 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 27 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Fri, May 11, 2012, 3:41 PM GMT-4 (19:41 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 35 km W of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2012-05-11 19:41:20 UTC
Depth
12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.901° S, 71.878° 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 Quillota and Valparaiso and (II) at Villa Alemana and Vina del Mar.

From the USGS event page for usp000jkap. 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
144°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.734 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 5252 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.641 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5252 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 7
  3. 4.349 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 5247 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 3.940 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5210 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.835 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 5201 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 4.146 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5270 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.150 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 5280 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.838 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 5281 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.916 km SW of La Ligua, Chile · 5282 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 22
  5. 6.722 km NW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 5282 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.467 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 5283 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jkap. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC.