Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 11 km S of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 11 km S of Valparaíso, Chile on Sun, May 14, 2017, 7:32 AM GMT-4 (11:32 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 60 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-05-14 11:32:55 UTC
Depth
30.5 km (19.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.140° S, 71.641° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.1 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
170°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 148 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.262 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3423 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.273 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3421 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.151 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3416 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.949 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3409 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.262 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3409 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.558 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3398 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  7. 4.321 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3396 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 15
  8. 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3377 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 12
  9. 4.960 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 3371 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 33
  10. 4.067 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 3371 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  11. 4.143 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3368 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 5.239 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3426 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 12
  2. 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3430 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.971 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.460 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3436 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.257 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3437 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.154 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3437 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.961 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.251 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.247 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.948 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.817 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 5.136 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 25
  13. 4.444 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.439 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3440 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.864 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3440 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 4.138 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.850 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.239 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  19. 4.145 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3441 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  20. 5.340 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3441 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 10

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008sc5. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC.