Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 80 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 80 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 8:53 AM GMT-3 (11:53 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 57 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-17 11:53:33 UTC
Depth
16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.061° S, 71.949° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.2 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
186°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.636 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3455 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.546 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3449 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 5.435 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3449 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
  4. 3.930 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3449 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.155 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.253 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.794 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3448 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 4.031 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
  9. 3.734 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.969 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3444 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3433 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 5.239 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3430 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12
  13. 4.556 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3427 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3427 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.151 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3420 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.167 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3414 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.949 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3414 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  18. 5.757 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3400 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 155
  19. 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3400 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 4.033 km SSW of Salamanca, Chile · 3458 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.166 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3459 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.3141 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3466 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.084 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3483 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.091 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3483 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away

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