Chile earthquakes

M6.1 earthquake 54 km WNW of Diego de Almagro, Chile

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 54 km WNW of Diego de Almagro, Chile on Mon, Jul 25, 2016, 1:26 PM GMT-4 (17:26 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
6.1 (mww), strong
Local time
UTC
2016-07-25 17:26:50 UTC
Depth
72.0 km (44.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
26.107° S, 70.511° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
18
Strongest shaking
V, moderate shaking
PAGER alert
Green
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
V, moderate shaking
Peak ground acceleration
8.1% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
1.1 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

18 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

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

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
Normal
Moment magnitude
6.1 Mww
Nodal plane 1
Strike 320°, dip 64°, rake -97°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 157°, dip 27°, rake -74°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Depth from
From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
Station coverage gap
25°
Stations used
695

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.1 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006hi2 (also filed as gcmt20160725172649, iscgem611830214). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC.