M4.4 earthquake 50 km WNW of Diego de Almagro, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 50 km WNW of Diego de Almagro, Chile on Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 3:09 PM GMT-3 (18:09 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 103 km NW of Copiapó, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-30 18:09:49 UTC
- Depth
- 48.7 km (30.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 26.121° S, 70.473° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.8 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006vfx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:14 AM UTC.