Chile earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 39 km W of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 39 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Sun, Apr 23, 2017, 5:15 PM GMT-3 (20:15 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.9 40 km W of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-04-23 20:15:57 UTC
Depth
17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.047° S, 72.057° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.6 km horizontally, 12.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
264°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.947 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.347 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 3.053 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.555 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.749 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.946 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.964 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.349 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.449 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.951 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 2.641 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 3.139 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.652 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.445 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.443 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.342 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.543 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.342 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.347 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 3.039 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 2.150 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 4.045 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.549 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.047 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 2.546 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 4.349 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  27. 4.548 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 9
  28. 2.849 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 2.953 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 3.750 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 3.446 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 3.953 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.547 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 2.641 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.540 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 2.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 2.751 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 3.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 4.846 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 6.940 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1,123 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  41. 5.241 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  42. 5.435 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 8
  43. 3.930 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  44. 5.039 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
  45. 4.138 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 4.918 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  47. 4.755 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3445 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
  48. 4.525 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  49. 4.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  50. 4.132 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 4.326 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  52. 4.127 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 4.743 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 9
  54. 4.440 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  55. 4.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 4.215 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 4.549 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  58. 4.745 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  59. 5.239 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 22
  60. 3.827 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3444 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 131.

Before

  1. 2.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.747 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.752 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.941 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 3.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.944 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 3.246 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 3.849 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 5.645 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 60
  10. 2.639 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.134 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.835 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 3.938 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 4.130 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 4.535 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
  16. 4.545 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  17. 4.537 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  18. 4.830 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  19. 4.736 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 6.037 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3446 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 567

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008pb5. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:08 AM UTC.