M4.3 earthquake 148 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 148 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Apr 2, 2016, 10:06 PM GMT-3 (01:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 71 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-03 01:06:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.643° S, 72.834° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.275 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3815 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.871 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5130 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2128 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3772 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005e7k. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.