Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 87 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 87 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 5:28 AM GMT-3 (08:28 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 33 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-09-13 08:28:55 UTC
Depth
14.1 km (8.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.389° S, 72.097° 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.

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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 183°, dip 66°, rake 87°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 9°, dip 25°, rake 96°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.210 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3668 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3663 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3661 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.736 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3657 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.660 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3656 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.877 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3650 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.026 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3646 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.012 km ENE of Ovalle, Chile · 3644 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3643 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3643 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.088 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3641 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 4.933 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3639 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.238 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3635 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 4.329 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3630 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 4.044 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3628 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3622 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 3.980 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3621 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.579 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3619 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 4.077 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3609 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3672 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3673 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.319 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3683 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.083 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3685 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.4107 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3689 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 4.134 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3693 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.030 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3696 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006p86. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.