M4.4 earthquake 78 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 78 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile on Sat, Aug 13, 2016, 2:21 AM GMT-4 (06:21 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-13 06:21:05 UTC
- Depth
- 13.7 km (8.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.376° S, 72.426° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Lampa.
From the USGS event page for us10006din. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak 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
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 30°, dip 37°, rake 118°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 176°, dip 58°, rake 70°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.5 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 173°
- Stations used
- 36
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.339 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 3698 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 4.430 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3687 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.270 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 3658 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3657 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006din. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC.