Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 130 km W of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 130 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 3:36 AM GMT-3 (06:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 51 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-04-30 06:36:25 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.038° S, 72.693° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
145°
Stations used
44

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2128 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.288 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3799 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3780 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3774 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3767 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3756 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3747 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 4.871 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.275 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3824 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.3148 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3834 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005cnr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:56 PM UTC.