Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 61 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 61 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Fri, Mar 9, 2018, 10:48 PM GMT-3 (01:48 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 51 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-03-10 01:48:17 UTC
Depth
28.9 km (17.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.155° S, 71.783° 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 IV, light 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
3.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 194°, dip 63°, rake 110°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 336°, dip 33°, rake 56°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.8 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
182°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.246 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 3117 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 24
  2. 4.210 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3115 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 32
  3. 4.451 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3103 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
  4. 4.450 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3092 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.210 km ENE of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3086 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 4.493 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3127 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 21
  2. 3.932 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3140 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.275 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3145 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.370 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3146 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d36l. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC.