M5.0 earthquake 65 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

5.0 (mwr), moderate

Local time

Sun, Jan 10, 2016, 10:33 AM GMT-3

UTC

2016-01-10 13:33:35 UTC

Depth

26.2 km (16.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.327° S, 71.755° W

Region

Chile

Felt reports

2

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.7 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 7°, dip 32°, rake 104°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 171°, dip 59°, rake 81°

Location uncertainty

About 4.8 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

58°

Stations used

204

• Illapel, ChilePopulation 22,816. Forecast65 kmWNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast158 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast259 kmNNW

After

1. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Jan 10, 8:01 PM GMT-3 · 3909 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
2. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 11, 6:16 PM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
3. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 12, 4:01 PM GMT-3 · 3907 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
4. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jan 16, 5:36 PM GMT-3 · 3903 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
5. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, ChileTue, Jan 19, 4:08 AM GMT-3 · 3901 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
6. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 19, 6:45 PM GMT-3 · 3900 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
7. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 20, 4:24 AM GMT-3 · 3900 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
8. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 21, 3:07 AM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
9. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 25, 1:35 AM GMT-3 · 3895 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
10. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 25, 10:35 PM GMT-3 · 3894 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
11. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 27, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 3892 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
12. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 1, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 3888 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
13. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 3, 2:20 PM GMT-3 · 3885 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
14. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3884 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
15. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3884 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
16. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:24 AM GMT-3 · 3884 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
17. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 3884 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
18. 4.495 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 6, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
19. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 9:13 AM GMT-3 · 3880 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
20. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 8:45 PM GMT-3 · 3880 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
21. 6.337 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 9:33 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 71
22. 5.044 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 9:47 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
23. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 9:52 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
24. 4.738 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 9:59 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
25. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 10:04 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
26. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 10:14 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
27. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 10, 4:25 AM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
28. 4.459 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 10, 10:15 AM GMT-3 · 3878 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
29. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 12, 12:51 AM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
30. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, ChileFri, Feb 12, 6:43 PM GMT-3 · 3876 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
31. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Feb 17, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3872 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
32. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 17, 12:22 PM GMT-3 · 3871 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
33. 4.624 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 17, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 3871 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
34. 4.937 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 19, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 3870 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
35. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Feb 20, 2:19 AM GMT-3 · 3869 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
36. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:39 AM GMT-3 · 3867 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
37. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
38. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 23, 6:50 AM GMT-3 · 3866 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
39. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Feb 23, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
40. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 25, 8:27 AM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
41. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 25, 8:49 AM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
42. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Feb 25, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
43. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 29, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 3859 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
44. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 1, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3859 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
45. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 1, 8:03 PM GMT-3 · 3858 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
46. 4.128 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Mar 7, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 3852 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
47. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 9, 6:40 AM GMT-3 · 3851 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away

Before

1. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 8, 12:00 AM GMT-3 · 3912 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
2. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 7, 10:39 PM GMT-3 · 3912 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
3. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 7, 10:12 PM GMT-3 · 3912 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 26
4. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 6, 11:09 PM GMT-3 · 3913 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
5. 4.051 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Jan 6, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3914 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
6. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 4, 12:16 PM GMT-3 · 3915 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
7. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jan 1, 3:03 AM GMT-3 · 3919 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
8. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 1, 2:46 AM GMT-3 · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
9. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 30, 6:29 PM GMT-3 · 3920 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
10. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 8:47 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
11. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 27, 1:13 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
12. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
13. 4.187 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
14. 3.894 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
15. 4.292 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 3:53 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
16. 4.686 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
17. 5.096 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
18. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Dec 25, 12:11 PM GMT-3 · 3925 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
19. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:19 AM GMT-3 · 3926 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
20. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 24, 11:39 PM GMT-3 · 3926 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004db0. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC.