Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 77 km W of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 77 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 12:15 PM GMT-4 (16:15 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 69 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-07-11 16:15:58 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.865° S, 72.131° 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
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 8°, dip 42°, rake 107°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 165°, dip 50°, rake 75°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3726 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3725 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3725 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3721 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3716 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3714 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.278 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3714 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.377 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3710 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 4.030 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3697 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.4107 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3690 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.083 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3686 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3673 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3673 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3736 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3737 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3739 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3745 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3745 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3747 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3752 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3752 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3754 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 4.145 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3755 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3757 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.526 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3757 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100062me. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:25 AM UTC.