Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 91 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 91 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 2:02 AM GMT-3 (05:02 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.9 40 km W of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (ml), light
Local time
UTC
2017-03-21 05:02:41 UTC
Depth
18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.168° S, 72.138° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
192°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 78.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008tgk. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:55 PM UTC.