M4.4 earthquake 93 km W of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 93 km W of Copiapó, Chile on Sat, Apr 16, 2016, 8:51 AM GMT-3 (11:51 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 99 km NW of Vallenar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
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
- 2016-04-16 11:51:42 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.258° S, 71.266° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005bg0. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:26 AM UTC.