Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 60 km W of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 60 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Wed, May 3, 2017, 1:50 PM GMT-3 (16:50 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 39 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-03 16:50:21 UTC
Depth
17.7 km (11.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.067° S, 72.276° 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 II, weak 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
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 26°, dip 22°, rake 121°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 173°, dip 71°, rake 78°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.3 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
139°
Stations used
81

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 144 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.971 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3432 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 5.239 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3428 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 12
  4. 4.311 km S of Valparaíso, Chile · 3427 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.262 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3425 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.273 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3424 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.151 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3418 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.949 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3412 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  9. 4.262 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3411 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 4.558 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3400 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  11. 4.321 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3398 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 15
  12. 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3379 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 12

Before

  1. 4.257 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.154 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.961 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.251 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 4.247 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.948 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.817 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 5.136 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 25
  9. 4.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.439 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.864 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3442 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 4.138 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.850 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.239 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.145 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  16. 5.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 10
  17. 4.551 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.750 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3443 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.244 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 4.651 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3443 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008nw6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC.