Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 49 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 49 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Mon, Apr 24, 2017, 9:17 PM GMT-3 (00:17 UTC), 20 km (12 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-04-25 00:17:35 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.155° S, 72.140° 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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 353°, dip 21°, rake 99°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 163°, dip 70°, rake 87°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
98

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.745 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  2. 5.239 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 22
  3. 3.827 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.650 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.266 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.054 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 4.338 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.155 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.253 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.049 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.157 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.755 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  13. 4.249 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.156 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.145 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  17. 4.354 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 4.031 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  20. 3.734 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  21. 4.358 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 6
  22. 4.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  23. 4.337 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  24. 3.915 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  25. 5.139 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 57
  26. 4.142 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  27. 4.738 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 11
  28. 4.335 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 3.942 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  30. 5.937 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 325
  31. 4.740 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  32. 4.636 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  33. 4.338 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 4.645 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  35. 5.147 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  36. 4.551 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  37. 5.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  38. 5.818 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 52
  39. 4.660 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.639 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 4.639 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 3441 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  42. 4.347 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  43. 4.651 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.244 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 3.750 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3441 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  46. 4.551 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  47. 5.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 10
  48. 4.145 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3441 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  49. 4.239 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  50. 3.850 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.138 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.864 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 4.439 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3441 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  54. 4.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  55. 5.136 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 25
  56. 3.817 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 3.948 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  58. 4.247 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  59. 4.251 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 3.961 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 4.215 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.440 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.743 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 9
  5. 4.127 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.326 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.132 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.525 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.755 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  11. 4.918 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.138 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 5.039 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
  14. 3.930 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  15. 5.435 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
  16. 5.241 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  17. 6.940 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1,123 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  18. 4.846 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 3.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.751 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away

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