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M3.8 earthquake 35 km W of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 35 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Sun, Apr 23, 2017, 9:52 AM GMT-3 (12:52 UTC), 24 km (15 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
3.8 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-23 12:52:15 UTC
Depth
24.3 km (15.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.068° S, 72.006° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
3.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 27°, dip 20°, rake 122°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 173°, dip 73°, rake 79°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.7 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
173°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.134 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.639 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 5.645 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 60
  4. 3.849 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 3.246 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.944 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 3.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.941 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.752 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.747 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.539 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 3.947 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.347 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 3.053 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.555 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.749 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.946 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.964 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.349 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.449 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.951 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 2.641 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 3.139 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 2.652 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.445 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.443 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 2.342 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 2.543 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 2.342 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 2.347 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 3.039 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 2.150 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 4.045 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
  35. 2.549 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 2.047 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.546 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 4.349 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  39. 4.548 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 9
  40. 2.849 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.953 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 3.750 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 3.446 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 3.953 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.547 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 2.641 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 2.540 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 2.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 2.751 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 3.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 4.846 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 6.940 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1,123 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  53. 5.241 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
  54. 5.435 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 8
  55. 3.930 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  56. 5.039 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
  57. 4.138 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 4.918 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  59. 4.755 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  60. 4.525 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 143.

Before

  1. 3.938 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.130 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.535 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  4. 4.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.537 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.830 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.736 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 6.037 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 567
  9. 3.746 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.642 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  11. 4.245 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.948 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3448 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 17

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