Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 67 km W of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 67 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Jun 8, 2016, 3:12 PM GMT-4 (19:12 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 13 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-06-08 19:12:46 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.021° S, 72.031° 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 13°, dip 26°, rake 111°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 170°, dip 66°, rake 80°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.341 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3755 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3752 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.713 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3751 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.526 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3749 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3749 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.145 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3748 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3747 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3744 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3744 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3740 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3738 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3737 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3731 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3729 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3725 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3723 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3718 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  21. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3718 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  22. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3718 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3717 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3717 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3717 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3714 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3709 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3707 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 4.278 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3706 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 4.377 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3702 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3758 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.097 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3761 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 5.884 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3761 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  6. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3764 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3771 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  9. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3775 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  10. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3778 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  11. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3779 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3785 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3786 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3786 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200062ur. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC.