Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 60 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 60 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Sep 24, 2016, 10:23 PM GMT-3 (01:23 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 77 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-09-25 01:23:48 UTC
Depth
30.3 km (18.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.343° S, 71.784° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 198°, dip 54°, rake 114°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 341°, dip 42°, rake 61°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.877 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3643 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.026 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3640 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.012 km ENE of Ovalle, Chile · 3638 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3637 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3636 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.088 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3634 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.933 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3633 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.238 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3629 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.329 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3623 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.044 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3622 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3615 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 3.980 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3615 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.579 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.077 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3599 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3590 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 3.736 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3651 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3654 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3656 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.210 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3661 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.287 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3662 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3666 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3666 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.319 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3677 days ago · 49 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.083 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3679 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006sg4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC.