M4.0 earthquake 97 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 97 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Jun 5, 2016, 5:30 AM GMT-4 (09:30 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 15 km SW 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
- 4.0 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-05 09:30:52 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.292° S, 72.007° 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.
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
- 4.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 210°, dip 54°, rake 123°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 342°, dip 47°, rake 53°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3758 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3758 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.526 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3750 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3738 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3717 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.377 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3703 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 5.884 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3761 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
- 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3764 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.190 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 3769 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3771 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3786 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006260. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.