Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 75 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 75 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 9:31 PM GMT-4 (01:31 UTC), 10 km (6 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
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-06-20 01:31:21 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.221° S, 72.064° 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 179°, dip 64°, rake 82°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 18°, dip 27°, rake 107°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
152°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3749 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3749 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3744 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3742 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3742 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3739 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3736 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3734 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3733 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3729 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3729 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3727 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3723 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3723 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
  15. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3723 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  16. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3722 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3722 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3722 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3722 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3718 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 4.218 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3716 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3715 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  23. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3713 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3711 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 4.278 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3711 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 4.377 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3707 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 4.625 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3699 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 4.030 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3694 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3751 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.145 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3752 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3754 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.526 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3754 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.713 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3755 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3756 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.341 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3759 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3762 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3762 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3764 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3764 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3764 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  13. 5.884 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3766 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
  14. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3768 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3769 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3775 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  17. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3779 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200065fp. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.