Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 20 km NW of Melipilla, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 20 km NW of Melipilla, Chile on Tue, Mar 14, 2017, 12:11 PM GMT-3 (15:11 UTC), 44 km (27 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
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-03-14 15:11:18 UTC
Depth
44.1 km (27.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.547° S, 71.351° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
32
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.7 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.572 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 3489 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.948 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3452 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 17
  3. 4.245 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3452 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.642 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.746 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 6.037 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 567
  7. 4.736 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 4.830 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.537 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  10. 4.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  11. 4.535 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
  12. 4.130 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.938 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.835 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.134 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.639 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 5.645 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 60
  18. 3.849 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 3.246 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.944 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 3.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.941 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.752 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.747 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.539 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 3.947 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.347 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 3.053 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.749 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.946 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.349 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 2.449 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.951 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.641 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 3.139 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.652 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.445 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.443 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 2.342 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.543 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.342 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.347 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 3.039 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3451 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.150 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 4.045 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.549 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.047 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.546 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 4.349 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.548 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 9
  52. 2.849 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.953 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 3.750 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 3.446 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 3.953 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.547 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.641 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.540 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3450 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 139.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100088wg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC.