Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 27 km W of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 27 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Mon, Apr 24, 2017, 11:33 PM GMT-3 (02:33 UTC), 23 km (14 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
3.8 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-04-25 02:33:05 UTC
Depth
23.3 km (14.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.002° S, 71.916° 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 42°, dip 21°, rake 129°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 182°, dip 74°, rake 77°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
186°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.650 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.266 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.054 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.338 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.155 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.253 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.049 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.157 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.755 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  10. 4.249 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.156 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.145 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  14. 4.354 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  15. 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 4.031 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  17. 3.734 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.358 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
  19. 4.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.337 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.915 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  22. 5.139 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 57
  23. 4.142 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  24. 4.738 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 11
  25. 4.335 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 3.942 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  27. 5.937 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 325
  28. 4.740 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.636 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  30. 4.338 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 4.645 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  32. 5.147 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  33. 4.551 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  34. 5.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  35. 5.818 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 52
  36. 4.660 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.639 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 4.639 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 3439 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  39. 4.347 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  40. 4.651 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  41. 4.244 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 3.750 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  43. 4.551 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  44. 5.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 10
  45. 4.145 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  46. 4.239 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  47. 3.850 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  48. 4.138 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.864 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 4.439 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3438 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  52. 5.136 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 25
  53. 3.817 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 3.948 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  55. 4.247 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  56. 4.251 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 3.961 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3436 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 4.154 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3435 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  59. 4.257 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 4.460 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3434 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 5.239 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 22
  2. 4.745 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.549 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.215 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.440 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.743 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 9
  8. 4.127 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 4.326 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  10. 4.132 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 4.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.525 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.755 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  14. 4.918 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.138 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 5.039 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  17. 3.930 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  18. 5.435 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 8
  19. 5.241 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  20. 6.940 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1,123 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag

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