Just 17 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Valparaiso, Provincia de Valparaíso, Region de Valparaiso, Chile. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Wednesday, July 29th, 2026, at 9:36 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 31. km below the surface.The event was filed by The National Seismological Center (Centro Sismológico Nacional, CSN) of the University of Chile, the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake as well. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.9.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Algarrobo (pop. 10,200) located 34 km from the epicenter, Cartagena (pop. 18,000) 49 km away, Valparaiso (pop. 282,400) 49 km away, San Antonio (pop. 87,700) 51 km away, Vina del Mar (pop. 334,200) 55 km away, Quilpue (pop. 130,300) 63 km away, Concon (pop. 42,200) 65 km away, and Villa Alemana (pop. 97,300) 69 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jul 29, 2026 09:36 am (GMT -5) local time (29 Jul 2026 14:36 GMT)Magnitude: 4.9Depth: 31.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 33.31°S / 72.04°W (Valparaiso, Region de Valparaiso, Chile)Primary data source: CSN