Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 68 km NW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 68 km NW of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Jan 11, 2016, 6:16 PM GMT-3 (21:16 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 37 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-11 21:16:34 UTC
Depth
29.4 km (18.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.225° S, 71.703° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.4 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
156°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3906 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 3903 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3902 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3902 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3901 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3901 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3897 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3896 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3895 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3893 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  12. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3890 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3888 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3887 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3887 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3886 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3886 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 4.495 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3884 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3883 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 6.337 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3881 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 71
  21. 5.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3881 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3881 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 4.738 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3881 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3881 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3881 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  26. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3881 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 4.459 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3881 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3879 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3878 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3875 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3874 days ago · 36 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3874 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 4.624 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3873 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3873 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 4.937 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3872 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  36. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3871 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3869 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3869 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3868 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3868 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3867 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3866 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  43. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3866 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3866 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3862 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3861 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3860 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 4.128 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3854 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3853 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3911 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3912 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 26
  6. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3915 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3918 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3921 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3921 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3922 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3925 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3926 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 4.183 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3926 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 4.187 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3926 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 3.894 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3927 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.292 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3927 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 4.686 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3927 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 5.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3927 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3928 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3928 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004dln. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.