M4.4 earthquake 53 km W of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 53 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 6:32 AM GMT-3 (09:32 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
- 2018-02-23 09:32:34 UTC
- Depth
- 11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.090° S, 72.194° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.277 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 3128 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.246 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 3114 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 24
- 4.210 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3112 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 32
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000db4r. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC.