Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 42 km W of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 42 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 10:49 PM GMT-3 (01:49 UTC), 17 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
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-04-23 01:49:11 UTC
Depth
17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.998° S, 72.084° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 175°, dip 73°, rake 80°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 27°, dip 20°, rake 120°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.0 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.746 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 6.037 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 567
  3. 4.736 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.830 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.537 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.535 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
  8. 4.130 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.938 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 3.835 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.134 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.639 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 5.645 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 60
  14. 3.849 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 3.246 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.944 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 3.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 2.941 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.752 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 2.747 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 2.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.539 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 3.947 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 2.347 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 3.053 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.555 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.749 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 2.946 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.964 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 2.349 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 2.449 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 2.951 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.641 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 3.139 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.652 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.445 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 2.443 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.342 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 2.543 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 2.342 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 2.347 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 3.039 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.150 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 4.045 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.549 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 2.047 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.546 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 4.349 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  49. 4.548 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 9
  50. 2.849 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 2.953 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 3.750 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 3.446 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 3.953 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.547 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.641 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 2.540 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 2.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 2.751 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 3.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 154.

Before

  1. 4.245 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.948 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 17

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008jv4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:30 AM UTC.