Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 49 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 49 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Mon, May 29, 2017, 6:24 PM GMT-4 (22:24 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 85 km W of San Antonio, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-05-29 22:24:33 UTC
Depth
16.6 km (10.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.940° S, 72.144° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people 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
3.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 352°, dip 26°, rake 81°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 182°, dip 64°, rake 94°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.9 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
49

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 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.262 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3410 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.558 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3398 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 7
  3. 4.321 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3397 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 15
  4. 4.5Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3391 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.442 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3377 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 12
  6. 4.960 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 3372 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 33
  7. 4.067 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 3372 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
  8. 4.143 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3369 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 4.695 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 3365 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  10. 5.485 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 3365 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 17
  11. 4.330 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3357 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 32
  12. 4.340 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3355 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 17

Before

  1. 4.167 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3410 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.151 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3417 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.273 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3422 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.262 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3424 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.311 km S of Valparaíso, Chile · 3426 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  6. 5.239 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3426 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 12
  7. 3.9Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3431 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 3.971 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3435 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 4.460 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3436 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  10. 4.257 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.154 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3438 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
  12. 3.961 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3439 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008w52. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:30 AM UTC.