Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 38 km W of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 38 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Tue, Apr 25, 2017, 6:33 AM GMT-3 (09:33 UTC), 25 km (15 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
4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-25 09:33:30 UTC
Depth
24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.103° S, 72.032° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 1°, dip 15°, rake 97°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 174°, dip 75°, rake 88°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.1 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
83

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.155 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.253 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.049 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.157 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.755 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
  6. 4.249 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.156 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.145 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  10. 4.354 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 4.031 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  13. 3.734 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.358 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 6
  15. 4.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.337 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.915 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  18. 5.139 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 57
  19. 4.142 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.738 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 11
  21. 4.335 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 3.942 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  23. 5.937 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 325
  24. 4.740 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  25. 4.636 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  26. 4.338 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 4.645 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  28. 5.147 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  29. 4.551 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  30. 5.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  31. 5.818 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 52
  32. 4.660 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.639 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 4.639 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 3444 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  35. 4.347 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  36. 4.651 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  37. 4.244 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 3.750 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  39. 4.551 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  40. 5.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 10
  41. 4.145 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  42. 4.239 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  43. 3.850 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.138 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.864 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 4.439 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  47. 4.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  48. 5.136 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 25
  49. 3.817 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 3.948 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.247 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  52. 4.251 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 3.961 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 4.154 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  55. 4.257 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 4.460 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  57. 3.971 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3433 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 5.239 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3429 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 12
  60. 4.311 km S of Valparaíso, Chile · 3428 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 4.054 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.266 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.650 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.827 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 5.239 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 22
  6. 4.745 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.549 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.215 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 4.440 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  11. 4.743 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 9
  12. 4.127 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.326 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  14. 4.132 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.525 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.755 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  18. 4.918 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.138 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 5.039 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3447 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4

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