Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 32 km NE of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 32 km NE of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Nov 26, 2017, 7:15 PM GMT-3 (22:15 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-11-26 22:15:13 UTC
Depth
71.8 km (44.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
32.235° S, 70.993° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
117
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

117 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

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

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
4.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 163°, dip 81°, rake -171°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 71°, dip 82°, rake -9°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.1 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
81

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.242 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3219 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 36
  2. 4.470 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3217 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.357 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3217 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.372 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3214 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.367 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3214 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.637 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3214 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 18
  7. 4.033 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.364 km ENE of Salamanca, Chile · 3208 days ago · 126 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.453 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3200 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.438 km E of Los Andes, Chile · 3194 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.474 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3189 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 4.246 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3185 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 44

Before

  1. 4.242 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3224 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 30

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bumt. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.