M3.7 earthquake 36 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 36 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 11:56 PM GMT-3 (02:56 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 33 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-24 02:56:14 UTC
- Depth
- 29.7 km (18.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.841° S, 71.693° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at Coquimbo, La Higuera and La Serena; (III) at Andacollo.
From the USGS event page for us10006s84. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 12.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.660 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3659 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.877 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3652 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.026 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3649 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.012 km ENE of Ovalle, Chile · 3647 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.254 km N of La Serena, Chile · 3646 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3645 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.088 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3643 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.933 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3642 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.238 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3638 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.329 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3632 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3624 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.579 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.077 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3612 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3608 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.215 km SSW of Vicuña, Chile · 3662 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3663 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3665 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.685 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3669 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.287 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3671 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3675 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3675 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.319 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3686 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.083 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3688 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006s84. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC.