M4.0 earthquake 74 km NW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 74 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 3:47 AM GMT-3 (06:47 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 45 km WSW 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-25 06:47:02 UTC
- Depth
- 46.8 km (29.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.028° S, 71.840° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 27.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.145 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3485 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.846 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3478 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 23
- 4.091 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3474 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.084 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3474 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vb4. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC.