M4.4 earthquake 74 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 74 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 2:14 AM GMT-3 (05:14 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-27 05:14:33 UTC
- Depth
- 11.2 km (6.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.298° S, 72.002° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.370 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3142 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.275 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3141 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.453 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 3138 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.932 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3136 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.493 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3123 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 21
- 3.861 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3123 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 4.246 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 3114 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 24
- 4.210 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3112 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 32
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cyu4. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:02 AM UTC.