Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 31 km W of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 31 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 2:02 PM GMT-3 (17:02 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 34 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-02-24 17:02:04 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.960° S, 71.670° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
144°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.426 km SE of La Serena, Chile · 3863 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3857 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3856 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3855 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3849 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3849 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  10. 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3846 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  11. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3844 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3843 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3839 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3838 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3837 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3835 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3834 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3833 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3832 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3832 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3830 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3829 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3827 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 4.026 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3825 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3823 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3818 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3818 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3818 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 4.275 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3815 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 3.749 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3810 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3810 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  32. 4.548 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 3810 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  33. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3808 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3808 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3864 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3865 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3865 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3865 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 6.0105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3865 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
  6. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3867 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.937 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3868 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  8. 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 4.624 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.330 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3871 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3871 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3876 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 4.459 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  17. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 4.738 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 5.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004scj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.