Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Jan 2, 2016, 11:15 AM GMT-3 (14:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 42 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-02 14:15:44 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.420° S, 72.284° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
30

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3911 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 26
  4. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.683 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3907 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3906 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3898 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3898 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3897 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3892 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3892 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3891 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  17. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3886 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.381 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  22. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 6.337 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 71
  26. 5.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 4.738 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  31. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 4.459 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3875 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3871 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 4.330 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3871 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 4.624 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3869 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3869 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 4.937 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3868 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  40. 4.6176 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3868 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3867 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 6.0105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3865 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  43. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3865 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  44. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3865 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3865 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3864 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  48. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  50. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 3.7149 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3857 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3918 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3921 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3922 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 5.810 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3930 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 38
  7. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.052 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3933 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3935 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 4.369 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 4.184 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.244 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 4.4143 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3937 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away

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