Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 73 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 73 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, May 17, 2016, 3:11 AM GMT-4 (07:11 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 46 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-05-17 07:11:30 UTC
Depth
19.5 km (12.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.296° S, 71.832° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
139°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3785 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3785 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.492 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3785 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.397 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3784 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.2109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3784 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3782 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.475 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3781 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3777 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.4107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3774 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.725 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3774 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3770 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.333 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3768 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 4.359 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3767 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3766 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3765 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 4.713 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3757 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3756 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 4.145 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3754 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3753 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3753 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3751 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3751 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  23. 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3751 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3748 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3748 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3746 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 5.028 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3746 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
  28. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3745 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3745 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3741 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  31. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  32. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3738 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3735 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3732 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3730 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 4.329 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3729 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3792 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3793 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  3. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3806 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.987 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3808 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3809 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3809 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3814 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3815 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 5.215 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3816 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  11. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3817 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005hwd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC.