Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 61 km W of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 61 km W of La Ligua, Chile on Sat, Oct 7, 2017, 7:37 AM GMT-3 (10:37 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 143 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

Quintero forecastMore in Chile

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-10-07 10:37:24 UTC
Depth
19.6 km (12.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.492° S, 71.879° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
103
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

103 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.7 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
186°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.045 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3273 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.710 km SSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3269 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 42
  3. 4.056 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3268 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 29
  4. 4.7143 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3266 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 127
  5. 4.118 km SE of La Ligua, Chile · 3264 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 30
  6. 4.242 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3224 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 30
  7. 4.832 km NE of La Ligua, Chile · 3224 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 117
  8. 4.242 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3219 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 36
  9. 4.470 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3217 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  10. 4.357 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3217 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.557 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3215 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 9
  12. 4.372 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3214 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.035 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3278 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 34
  2. 4.199 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3282 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  3. 4.3103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3285 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 21
  4. 4.351 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3286 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 45
  5. 4.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.5124 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  7. 4.2113 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.9118 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 4.396 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.3102 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 5.993 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3293 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 115

Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b2fz. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.