Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 82 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 82 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 3:59 AM GMT-4 (07:59 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 38 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-07-19 07:59:48 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.146° S, 72.168° 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
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 5°, dip 87°, rake -91°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 210°, dip 3°, rake -65°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
143

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3715 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3712 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3710 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3708 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.278 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3708 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.377 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3704 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.625 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3696 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.030 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3691 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.134 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3688 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.4107 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3684 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 4.083 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3680 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.319 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3678 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3667 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3667 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.287 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3663 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3720 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  5. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3720 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  6. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3720 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3724 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3726 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3726 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3730 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3731 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3733 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3736 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3739 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3739 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3741 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3746 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3746 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3748 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006fqp. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC.