M4.1 earthquake 28 km SW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.1 (mb), light

Local time

Mon, Mar 7, 2016, 10:27 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-03-08 01:27:48 UTC

Depth

43.7 km (27.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.781° S, 71.415° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.2 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.23

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

141°

Stations used

45

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast17 kmNNE
• Viña del Mar, ChilePopulation 334,248. Forecast139 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast200 kmNNW

After

1. 3.947 km WSW of La Ligua, ChileSun, Mar 13, 10:09 PM GMT-3 · 3852 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.659 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Mar 14, 7:26 AM GMT-3 · 3851 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
3. 4.358 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 15, 1:41 AM GMT-3 · 3850 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
4. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3850 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 11
5. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
6. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3849 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
7. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 16, 10:41 AM GMT-3 · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
8. 4.318 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 7:30 PM GMT-3 · 3845 days ago · 52 km deep · 10 km away
9. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 3845 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
10. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 22, 9:38 PM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 43 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Mar 26, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 3839 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
12. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3830 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
13. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Apr 6, 2:35 PM GMT-3 · 3828 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
14. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 10, 3:10 PM GMT-3 · 3824 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
15. 4.663 km NW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Apr 14, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 3820 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
16. 4.863 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Apr 15, 1:27 AM GMT-3 · 3819 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 17, 4:24 PM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
18. 4.3Near the coast of Valparaiso, ChileMon, Apr 18, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 3816 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
19. 5.215 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 18, 8:38 AM GMT-3 · 3816 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 7
20. 3.721 km SW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 18, 11:54 AM GMT-3 · 3816 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
21. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 11:01 AM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
22. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 12:35 PM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
23. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 25, 7:20 PM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
24. 3.987 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Apr 26, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
25. 3.964 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Apr 27, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 3807 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
26. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Apr 28, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 3806 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
27. 3.652 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Apr 30, 10:15 PM GMT-3 · 3804 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away

Before

1. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 1, 8:03 PM GMT-3 · 3864 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
2. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 29, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
3. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Feb 25, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3869 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
4. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Feb 23, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3871 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
5. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 3872 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
6. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Feb 17, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
7. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, ChileFri, Feb 12, 6:43 PM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 55 km deep · 11 km away
8. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 8:45 PM GMT-3 · 3886 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
9. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 9:13 AM GMT-3 · 3886 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
10. 4.495 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 6, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3888 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004wrr. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC.