Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 30 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Jun 2, 2016, 8:16 PM GMT-4 (00:16 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 84 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-06-03 00:16:15 UTC
Depth
38.9 km (24.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.050° S, 71.639° 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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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
3.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 55°, dip 19°, rake 126°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 197°, dip 75°, rake 79°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.6 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
139°
Stations used
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.884 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3763 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.097 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3763 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3762 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  4. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3762 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 4.341 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3757 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3754 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 4.713 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3752 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 4.526 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3751 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3751 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.145 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3749 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3748 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3746 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3746 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3742 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3740 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3739 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3737 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3733 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3731 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3731 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3727 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3727 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3725 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3720 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3720 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  28. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3720 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  29. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3720 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3716 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 4.218 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3713 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3713 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  36. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3710 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3709 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 4.278 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3708 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away

Before

  1. 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3767 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3773 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  3. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3777 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3780 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3781 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3787 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3788 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3788 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  9. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3792 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 3.918 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3793 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.428 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3793 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200060q7. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:47 AM UTC.