Chile earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 21 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 21 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Jun 6, 2016, 9:21 AM GMT-4 (13:21 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 69 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (mww), moderate
Local time: Mon, Jun 6, 2016, 9:21 AM GMT-4
UTC: 2016-06-06 13:21:59 UTC
Depth: 29.5 km (18.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.069° S, 71.524° W
Region: Chile
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
PAGER alert: Green
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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: 5.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 186°, dip 55°, rake 88°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 9°, dip 35°, rake 92°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.0 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 69°
Stations used: 578

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200062by (also filed as gcmt20160606132158, iscgem608991515). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.