Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 37 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 37 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Jan 1, 2016, 3:03 AM GMT-3 (06:03 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 43 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-01 06:03:32 UTC
Depth
30.6 km (19.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.518° S, 71.536° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.6 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
169°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.051 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3912 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3911 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 26
  5. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3906 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3906 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3901 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 3899 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3893 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3892 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3891 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3886 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 4.495 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3880 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3879 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3878 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  24. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3875 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3874 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3870 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3867 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3865 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3864 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3863 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  33. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3862 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3918 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.334 km ENE of Salamanca, Chile · 3921 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3921 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3922 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.183 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3922 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.187 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.894 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.292 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.686 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 5.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3923 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.169 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3924 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3924 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3926 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3927 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3931 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3933 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away

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