Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 49 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 49 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Tue, Apr 25, 2017, 11:26 AM GMT-3 (14:26 UTC), 15 km (9 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
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-04-25 14:26:34 UTC
Depth
14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.162° S, 72.142° 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 336°, dip 27°, rake 75°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 172°, dip 64°, rake 97°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
155°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.156 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.145 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.354 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  5. 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.031 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.734 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.358 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 6
  9. 4.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.337 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.915 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  12. 5.139 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 57
  13. 4.142 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.738 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 11
  15. 4.335 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 3.942 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  17. 5.937 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 325
  18. 4.740 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.636 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.338 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 4.645 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  22. 5.147 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  23. 4.551 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  24. 5.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  25. 5.818 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 52
  26. 4.660 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.639 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 4.639 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 3439 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.347 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  30. 4.651 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  31. 4.244 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 3.750 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  33. 4.551 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  34. 5.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 10
  35. 4.145 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  36. 4.239 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  37. 3.850 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  38. 4.138 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.864 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 4.439 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  41. 4.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  42. 5.136 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 25
  43. 3.817 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 3.948 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  45. 4.247 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  46. 4.251 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 3.961 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3437 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 4.154 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3436 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  49. 4.257 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3436 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 4.460 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3434 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  51. 3.971 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3429 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 5.239 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3424 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 12
  54. 4.311 km S of Valparaíso, Chile · 3423 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  55. 4.262 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3422 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 4.273 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3420 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  57. 4.151 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3415 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  58. 3.949 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3408 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  59. 4.262 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3408 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 4.558 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3396 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 7

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 4.755 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.157 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.049 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.253 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.155 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 4.338 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.054 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 4.266 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 4.650 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.827 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 5.239 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 22
  12. 4.745 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.549 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  14. 4.215 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 4.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 4.440 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  17. 4.743 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 9
  18. 4.127 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 4.326 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  20. 4.132 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008knx. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC.