M4.5 earthquake 36 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 36 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile on Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 3:15 PM GMT-3 (18:15 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-14 18:15:11 UTC
- Depth
- 32.5 km (20.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.545° S, 71.604° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
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
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 192°, dip 24°, rake 111°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 349°, dip 68°, rake 81°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 81
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.137 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 2937 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.054 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2922 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.255 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2900 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.121 km NW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 2900 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000heqr. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC.