Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 81 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 81 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Feb 3, 2016, 1:08 PM GMT-3 (16:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-02-03 16:08:29 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.631° S, 72.092° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
44

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3871 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.330 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3871 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 6.0105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3866 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  6. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3866 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3865 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3856 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3855 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3846 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  13. 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3843 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3835 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3834 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3832 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3829 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.026 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3825 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 4.3148 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3825 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 4.181 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3889 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3892 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.683 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004wtq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.