M4.0 earthquake 97 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.0 (mb), light

Local time

Tue, Mar 1, 2016, 8:03 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-03-01 23:03:37 UTC

Depth

19.9 km (12.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.795° S, 72.183° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

181°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

39

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast66 kmWNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast147 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast234 kmNW

After

1. 4.128 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Mar 7, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 3850 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
2. 4.659 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Mar 14, 7:26 AM GMT-3 · 3844 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
3. 4.358 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 15, 1:41 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
4. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 11
5. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
6. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
7. 4.318 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 7:30 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
8. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
9. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 22, 9:38 PM GMT-3 · 3835 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Mar 26, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
11. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
12. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Apr 6, 2:35 PM GMT-3 · 3821 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
13. 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 10, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
14. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 10, 3:10 PM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
15. 4.663 km NW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Apr 14, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 3813 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
16. 4.863 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Apr 15, 1:27 AM GMT-3 · 3812 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 17, 4:24 PM GMT-3 · 3810 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
18. 4.3Near the coast of Valparaiso, ChileMon, Apr 18, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
19. 5.215 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 18, 8:38 AM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
20. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 11:01 AM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
21. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 12:35 PM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
22. 3.987 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Apr 26, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
23. 3.964 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Apr 27, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 3799 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
24. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Apr 28, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 3799 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away

Before

1. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 29, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
2. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Feb 25, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3862 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
3. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Feb 23, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
4. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
5. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Feb 17, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3870 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
6. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, ChileFri, Feb 12, 6:43 PM GMT-3 · 3875 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
7. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 8:45 PM GMT-3 · 3878 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
8. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 9:13 AM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
9. 4.495 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 6, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3880 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
10. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
11. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:24 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
12. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
13. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004ty3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:54 AM UTC.