M5.8 earthquake 84 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 84 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Jun 5, 2016, 1:51 AM GMT-4 (05:51 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-05 05:51:11 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.342° S, 71.859° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 8.3% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.2 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 5.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 203°, dip 77°, rake 116°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 318°, dip 29°, rake 28°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.2 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From moment tensor inversion
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 221
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.097 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3763 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3762 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3762 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3759 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3754 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.526 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3751 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3748 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3739 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3726 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.377 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3704 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3765 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.190 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 3770 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3772 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3787 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006257 (also filed as gcmt20160605055109, iscgem608988297). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:09 AM UTC.