Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 26 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 26 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Jun 16, 2016, 11:48 PM GMT-4 (03:48 UTC), 34 km (21 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
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-06-17 03:48:38 UTC
Depth
33.8 km (21.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.062° S, 71.582° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 2°, dip 29°, rake 90°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 182°, dip 61°, rake 90°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.3 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
78

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 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3754 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.145 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3752 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3751 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3749 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3749 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3744 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3742 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3742 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3739 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3736 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3734 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3733 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3730 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3729 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3728 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3723 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3723 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  18. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3723 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  19. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3723 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3722 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3722 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3722 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3718 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 4.218 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3716 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3716 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  26. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3713 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3712 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 4.278 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3711 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 4.377 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3707 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 4.625 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3699 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.713 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3755 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3757 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.341 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3762 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3763 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3765 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3765 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.097 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3766 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 5.884 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3766 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  10. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3768 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3769 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3775 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  13. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3780 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  14. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3782 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3783 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200064zk. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:27 AM UTC.