Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 82 km W of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 82 km W of La Ligua, Chile on Fri, Dec 25, 2015, 5:11 PM GMT-3 (20:11 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 96 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-12-25 20:11:17 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.338° S, 72.099° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.7 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
178°
Stations used
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3930 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.686 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3930 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.292 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3930 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.894 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3930 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.187 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3930 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.183 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3930 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3929 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.051 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3920 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 3907 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3901 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.853 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3900 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 25
  12. 4.243 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3899 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 4.495 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3888 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3887 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3886 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3872 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3932 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.169 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3932 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3932 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.338 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3934 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3939 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3944 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3945 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3950 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.277 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3954 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100049iu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:09 AM UTC.