M4.4 earthquake 53 km W of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 53 km W of La Ligua, Chile on Wed, Dec 20, 2017, 3:08 AM GMT-3 (06:08 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2017-12-20 06:08:18 UTC
- Depth
- 24.9 km (15.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.511° S, 71.800° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.474 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3195 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.246 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3191 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 44
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3168 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.033 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3219 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.637 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3220 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 18
- 4.367 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3220 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 4.372 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3220 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.557 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3221 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 9
- 4.357 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3223 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.470 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3223 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 4.242 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3225 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 36
- 4.832 km NE of La Ligua, Chile · 3230 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 117
- 4.242 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3230 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 30
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000btj6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC.