Is La Ligua safe? Chile travel risk
Is La Ligua safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
La Ligua scores 48/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Chile Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 19 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
La Ligua scores 48/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Chile (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to La Ligua: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (49/100) and natural hazards (63/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Chile travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 32.4500° S, 71.2167° W within Valparaíso, La Ligua is situated 121.8 km SSE of Santiago at an altitude of 78 m.
Valparaíso
32.4500° S, 71.2167° W
78 m
America/Santiago
19,127
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Chile)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of La Ligua happened in February (5 of 10 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
4 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.0 on 31 May 2026 (76 km away) — USGS details
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