Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 90 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 90 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Jan 3, 2016, 2:02 PM GMT-3 (17:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 83 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-03 17:02:23 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.380° S, 72.004° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 16°, dip 36°, rake 110°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 172°, dip 56°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
85°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.683 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3892 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.181 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 4.381 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3855 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3855 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.589 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3921 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3921 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.391 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3934 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 4.369 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004b1h. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.