Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 24 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 24 km W of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 11:04 PM GMT-3 (02:04 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 49 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-08-15 02:04:36 UTC
Depth
47.7 km (29.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.636° S, 71.424° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
156°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.099 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3315 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.449 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3314 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.237 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3305 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 5.993 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3293 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 115
  5. 4.3102 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.396 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.9118 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.2113 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3291 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.3103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3284 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 21
  11. 4.199 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3281 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
  12. 4.178 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3268 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 4.258 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3328 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.053 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3347 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a89j. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC.