M4.2 earthquake 18 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, Mar 3, 2016, 10:47 AM GMT-3

UTC

2016-03-03 13:47:16 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.076° S, 71.473° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.24

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

177°

Stations used

33

• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast19 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast384 kmNNW

After

1. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 9, 6:40 AM GMT-3 · 3857 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
2. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 9, 10:28 AM GMT-3 · 3857 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
3. 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Mar 12, 1:05 PM GMT-3 · 3854 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
4. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 14, 10:21 AM GMT-3 · 3852 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
5. 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Mar 15, 8:44 AM GMT-3 · 3851 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
6. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 19, 9:24 AM GMT-3 · 3847 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
7. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Mar 20, 5:01 PM GMT-3 · 3846 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
8. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 21, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 3845 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
9. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Mar 23, 10:14 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
10. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 24, 7:14 PM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
11. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 25, 5:03 AM GMT-3 · 3841 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
12. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 5:56 AM GMT-3 · 3840 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
13. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 9:27 PM GMT-3 · 3840 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
14. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 12:36 AM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
15. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
16. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 31, 11:40 PM GMT-3 · 3835 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
17. 4.026 km NNW of La Serena, ChileSat, Apr 2, 12:13 PM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
18. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 4, 8:12 PM GMT-3 · 3831 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
19. 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:49 AM GMT-3 · 3826 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
20. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 3826 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
21. 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 10:45 PM GMT-3 · 3826 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
22. 4.275 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Apr 12, 7:16 PM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
23. 3.749 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Apr 17, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
24. 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 17, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
25. 4.548 km NNE of La Serena, ChileMon, Apr 18, 1:25 AM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
26. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 1:37 PM GMT-3 · 3816 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
27. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 9:46 PM GMT-3 · 3816 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
28. 4.871 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Apr 29, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
29. 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 1:24 AM GMT-3 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
30. 4.288 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 5:55 AM GMT-3 · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away

Before

1. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Mar 2, 11:29 PM GMT-3 · 3864 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
2. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 1, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
3. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 25, 8:49 AM GMT-3 · 3870 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
4. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 25, 8:27 AM GMT-3 · 3870 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
5. 4.426 km SE of La Serena, ChileWed, Feb 24, 6:59 PM GMT-3 · 3871 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
6. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Feb 24, 4:09 PM GMT-3 · 3871 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
7. 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Feb 24, 2:02 PM GMT-3 · 3871 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
8. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 23, 6:50 AM GMT-3 · 3872 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
9. 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 22, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3873 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
10. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:39 AM GMT-3 · 3873 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
11. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Feb 22, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 3873 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
12. 6.0105 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 22, 3:36 AM GMT-3 · 3873 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
13. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Feb 20, 2:19 AM GMT-3 · 3875 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
14. 4.937 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 19, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 3876 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
15. 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 18, 12:52 AM GMT-3 · 3878 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
16. 4.624 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 17, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 3878 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
17. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 17, 12:22 PM GMT-3 · 3878 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
18. 4.330 km S of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Feb 16, 1:50 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
19. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 16, 12:49 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
20. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 12, 12:51 AM GMT-3 · 3884 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004ucr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC.