Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 51 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 51 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 2:09 PM GMT-3 (17:09 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 40 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-28 17:09:39 UTC
Depth
21.5 km (13.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.197° 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 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
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 149°, dip 74°, rake 70°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 21°, dip 25°, rake 140°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.0 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008lmu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC.