M4.4 earthquake 113 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 113 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile on Thu, Dec 1, 2016, 1:23 AM GMT-3 (04:23 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 107 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-01 04:23:34 UTC
- Depth
- 35.1 km (21.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.063° S, 71.421° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 13.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7107 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 3582 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.0119 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 3537 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.899 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 3525 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dyu. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.