Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 100 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 100 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Nov 26, 2016, 9:54 PM GMT-3 (00:54 UTC), 10 km (6 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
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-11-27 00:54:55 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.315° S, 72.293° 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 I, not felt 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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 9°, dip 42°, rake 105°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 170°, dip 50°, rake 77°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
70

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.447 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3589 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.144 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3577 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 5.244 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3574 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
  4. 4.053 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3574 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.140 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3574 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.845 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3572 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3571 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.150 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3567 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.342 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3559 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 3.949 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3558 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.391 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3556 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.941 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3555 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
  13. 4.884 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3552 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  14. 4.443 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3547 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.441 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3540 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  16. 4.124 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3538 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3594 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3597 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3606 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.077 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3610 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.579 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3622 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007cmq. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.