M4.2 earthquake 16 km NE of Graneros, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 16 km NE of Graneros, Chile on Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 4:40 AM GMT-3 (07:40 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 10 km SSE of San Antonio, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-24 07:40:04 UTC
- Depth
- 96.3 km (59.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 33.965° S, 70.601° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (V) at Rancagua and (III) at San Fernando and Santiago.
From the USGS event page for us10007mgp. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.410 km SSE of San Antonio, Chile · 3564 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
- 4.217 km SE of Paine, Chile · 3560 days ago · 95 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.48 km SSE of Puente Alto, Chile · 3550 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007mgp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.