Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 77 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 77 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 12:16 AM GMT-3 (03:16 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 44 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-11 03:16:54 UTC
Depth
31.4 km (19.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.115° S, 72.121° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.1 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
202°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3608 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3599 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3596 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 4.5100 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3596 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.930 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 3580 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.144 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3579 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 5.244 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3576 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  8. 4.053 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3576 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.140 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3575 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.845 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3574 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3573 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  12. 4.150 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3569 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.130 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3561 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 4.342 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3560 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.949 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3560 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 4.391 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3558 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 4.941 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3557 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  18. 4.884 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3554 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  19. 4.332 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3553 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.579 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3624 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.329 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3632 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.238 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3637 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100076sk. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC.