Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 39 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 39 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Mon, Apr 24, 2017, 6:58 PM GMT-3 (21:58 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 37 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-24 21:58:31 UTC
Depth
17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.135° S, 72.038° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong 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 4.0 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
93

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 87.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008kcn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC.