M4.3 earthquake 68 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 68 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, May 16, 2017, 3:47 PM GMT-4 (19:47 UTC), 65 km (40 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-16 19:47:00 UTC
- Depth
- 64.5 km (40.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.939° S, 71.798° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.9 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 173°
- Stations used
- 53
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
- 4.167 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3410 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 5.757 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3397 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 155
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3396 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3390 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 4.143 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3368 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.556 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3423 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3429 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.969 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3440 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.794 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.636 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3451 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 4.580 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3452 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008stz. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:25 PM UTC.