M4.7 earthquake 104 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 104 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile on Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 1:34 PM GMT-3 (16:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 97 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-30 16:34:37 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.057° S, 71.329° 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.
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
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 24°, dip 33°, rake 120°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 170°, dip 62°, rake 72°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.6 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.897 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 3584 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4113 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 3584 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.7107 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 3584 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.0119 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 3538 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.899 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 3526 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dae. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC.