Chile earthquakes

M6.0 earthquake 105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:36 AM GMT-3 (06:36 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.0 (mww), strong
Local time: Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:36 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2016-02-22 06:36:59 UTC
Depth: 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.424° S, 72.297° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 6
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
PAGER alert: Green
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IV, light shaking
Map: Automatic

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Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

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: 6.0 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 174°, dip 65°, rake 90°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 355°, dip 25°, rake 91°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.7 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Depth from: From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
Station coverage gap: 39°
Stations used: 351

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004rn7 (also filed as gcmt20160222063703, iscgem611838894). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:09 AM UTC.