December 15, 2007 Earthquake: Off Central Coast, Vina del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile

Date

December 15, 2007

Time

18:22:27 UTC

Place

Off Central Coast, Vina del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile

Magnitude

5.9 (Mw)

Focal depth

25 km (16 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

32.689° S, 71.695° W

Country

Chile

Injuries

4

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

Few (about 1 to 50)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• August 17, 1906, South Central, ChileM8.2 · 4,000 deaths · $100 million · 45 km
• May 14, 1647, Santiago, ChileM8.5 · 1,000 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 129 km
• March 28, 1965, Central, ChileM7.3 · 400 deaths · $125 million · 56 km
• March 3, 1985, Central Coast, San Antonio, Valparaiso, ChileM8 · 180 deaths · $1.5 billion · 49 km
• July 9, 1971, Central, ChileM7.8 · 83 deaths · $236.4 million · 51 km
• November 20, 1822, Valparaiso, Quillota, Concon, Aconcagua, ChileM8.5 · 72 deaths · 45 km
• September 16, 2015, Central, ChileM8.3 · 15 deaths · $600 million · 2,305 houses destroyed · 124 km
• September 4, 1958, Chile-ArgentinaM6.8 · 7 deaths · 191 km
• July 8, 1730, Valparaiso, ChileM9.1 · 5 deaths · 28 km
• April 17, 2012, Valparaiso, ChileM6.7 · 2 deaths · 32 km
• August 15, 1880, Illapel, ChileM7.7 · 2 deaths · 600 houses destroyed · 128 km
• April 9, 1985, Near Central Coast, Santiago-Valparaiso, ChileM7.5 · 2 deaths · 161 km
• March 17, 1985, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, ChileM6.6 · 1 death · 14 km
• August 2, 2017, Santiago, ChileM5.4 · 1 death · 115 km
• October 16, 1981, Off Central Coast, Las Cruces, ChileM7.5 · 1 death · 138 km

Significant earthquakes of 2007The 2000sEvery quake the USGS located in 2007Recent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 7723.