M4.8 earthquake 97 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 97 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile on Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 11:24 PM GMT-3 (02:24 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-01 02:24:08 UTC
- Depth
- 18.3 km (11.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.041° S, 71.241° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, 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
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 163°, dip 75°, rake 66°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 43°, dip 28°, rake 147°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 170°
- Stations used
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4113 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 3583 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.7107 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 3582 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.0119 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 3537 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.899 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 3525 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dy0. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.