M4.4 earthquake 37 km SSE of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 37 km SSE of Copiapó, Chile on Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 9:18 AM GMT-3 (12:18 UTC), 90 km (56 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-26 12:18:02 UTC
- Depth
- 90.3 km (56.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 27.694° S, 70.241° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 61
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.263 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 3607 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.283 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 3600 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.334 km NE of Vallenar, Chile · 3597 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007gu3. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:46 AM UTC.