M4.3 earthquake 72 km NW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 72 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Wed, Dec 6, 2017, 3:33 AM GMT-3 (06:33 UTC), 36 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 37 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-06 06:33:26 UTC
- Depth
- 36.2 km (22.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.010° S, 71.793° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 15.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.367 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3217 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 4.637 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3217 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 18
- 4.033 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3216 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.453 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3204 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.474 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3192 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.246 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3189 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 44
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3166 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.357 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3220 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.470 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3220 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 4.242 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3223 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 36
- 4.832 km NE of La Ligua, Chile · 3227 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 117
- 4.242 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3227 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 30
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bmnk. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:39 PM UTC.