M4.4 earthquake 74 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 74 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 7:21 AM GMT-3 (10:21 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-31 10:21:57 UTC
- Depth
- 14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.992° S, 71.836° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 35
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.246 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3185 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 44
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3162 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.370 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3140 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.275 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3138 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.932 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3134 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.453 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3200 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.033 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.637 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3214 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 18
- 4.367 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3214 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 4.372 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3214 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.357 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3217 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.470 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3217 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000byh2. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC.