M4.2 earthquake 75 km W of Coquimbo, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 7:16 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-04-12 22:16:26 UTC

Depth

11.5 km (7.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

29.859° S, 72.117° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.4 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.30

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

189°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

44

• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast76 kmW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast423 kmNNW

After

1. 3.749 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Apr 17, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3810 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
2. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 1:37 PM GMT-3 · 3808 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
3. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 9:46 PM GMT-3 · 3808 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
4. 4.871 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Apr 29, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
5. 4.5130 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Apr 30, 3:36 AM GMT-3 · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
6. 4.2128 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Apr 30, 7:31 AM GMT-3 · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
7. 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 1:24 AM GMT-3 · 3796 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
8. 4.288 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 5:55 AM GMT-3 · 3796 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
9. 4.428 km NW of Ovalle, ChileFri, May 6, 5:51 AM GMT-3 · 3791 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
10. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, May 7, 9:39 AM GMT-3 · 3790 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
11. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 11, 10:11 AM GMT-3 · 3786 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
12. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, May 11, 7:41 PM GMT-3 · 3786 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
13. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 12, 3:03 PM GMT-3 · 3785 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
14. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 18, 5:04 PM GMT-4 · 3779 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
15. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, May 22, 7:47 AM GMT-4 · 3775 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
16. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, ChileThu, May 26, 4:36 PM GMT-4 · 3771 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Jun 1, 5:47 PM GMT-4 · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
18. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Jun 2, 8:16 PM GMT-4 · 3764 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
19. 5.884 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jun 5, 1:51 AM GMT-4 · 3761 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
20. 4.097 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jun 5, 5:30 AM GMT-4 · 3761 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
21. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jun 6, 9:16 AM GMT-4 · 3760 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
22. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jun 6, 9:21 AM GMT-4 · 3760 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
23. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Jun 8, 7:37 AM GMT-4 · 3758 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
24. 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Jun 8, 3:12 PM GMT-4 · 3758 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
25. 4.341 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jun 11, 9:44 AM GMT-4 · 3755 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away

Before

1. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
2. 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:49 AM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
3. 4.3148 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Apr 2, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 3825 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
4. 4.026 km NNW of La Serena, ChileSat, Apr 2, 12:13 PM GMT-3 · 3825 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
5. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 31, 11:40 PM GMT-3 · 3827 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
6. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3829 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
7. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 12:36 AM GMT-3 · 3830 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
8. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 9:27 PM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
9. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 24, 7:14 PM GMT-3 · 3834 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
10. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Mar 23, 10:14 AM GMT-3 · 3835 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
11. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 21, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
12. 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Mar 15, 8:44 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005hmy. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.