Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 81 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 81 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Jan 30, 2016, 7:02 AM GMT-3 (10:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 81 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (ml), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-30 10:02:44 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.444° S, 71.947° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
150°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.381 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3855 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3855 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.481 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 3849 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3846 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3843 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3892 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.683 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 4.190 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3915 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004wwh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:36 AM UTC.