Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 70 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Dec 3, 2017, 11:21 AM GMT-3 (14:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 37 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-12-03 14:21:41 UTC
Depth
10.4 km (6.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.296° S, 71.962° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.4 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
132°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.357 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3222 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 4.372 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3219 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.367 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3219 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.637 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3219 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 18
  5. 4.033 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3218 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.453 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3205 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.474 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3194 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.246 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3190 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 44
  9. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3167 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 4.242 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3224 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 36
  2. 4.832 km NE of La Ligua, Chile · 3229 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 117
  3. 4.242 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3229 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 30

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bkk1. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:25 PM UTC.