M4.5 earthquake 56 km SW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 56 km SW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, May 16, 2017, 12:36 AM GMT-4 (04:36 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 57 km WNW of Illapel, 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
- 2017-05-16 04:36:17 UTC
- Depth
- 42.9 km (26.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.019° S, 71.560° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.6 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3421 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.167 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3408 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 5.757 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3395 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 155
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3394 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3389 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.143 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3366 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.969 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3438 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.794 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3442 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.636 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3449 days ago · 52 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 4.580 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3450 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008snq. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC.