M4.4 earthquake 42 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 42 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Jan 1, 2017, 3:02 PM GMT-3 (18:02 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 39 km NNE 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-01 18:02:52 UTC
- Depth
- 90.2 km (56.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 32.079° S, 71.326° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.539 km NNE of Illapel, Chile · 3549 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 4.074 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3534 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.0111 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3565 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.013 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3572 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.824 km SW of La Ligua, Chile · 3579 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.445 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3581 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.949 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3582 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.260 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3582 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 16
- 4.470 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3582 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.777 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3588 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007p41. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC.