M4.4 earthquake 92 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.4 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, May 19, 2016, 3:25 PM GMT-4

UTC

2016-05-19 19:25:52 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.838° S, 72.115° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

140°

Stations used

46

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast59 kmW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast141 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast226 kmNW

After

1. 4.397 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, May 20, 4:29 AM GMT-4 · 3778 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
2. 4.2109 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, May 20, 11:00 AM GMT-4 · 3777 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
3. 4.475 km NW of La Ligua, ChileMon, May 23, 8:39 AM GMT-4 · 3774 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
4. 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, May 27, 1:48 PM GMT-4 · 3770 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
5. 4.4107 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, May 29, 7:17 PM GMT-4 · 3768 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
6. 4.057 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, May 30, 1:59 AM GMT-4 · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
7. 4.725 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, May 30, 8:41 AM GMT-4 · 3767 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
8. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jun 3, 4:47 PM GMT-4 · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
9. 4.333 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Jun 4, 6:19 PM GMT-4 · 3762 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
10. 4.359 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jun 6, 2:53 AM GMT-4 · 3761 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
11. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jun 7, 3:06 AM GMT-4 · 3760 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
12. 4.258 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Jun 8, 6:53 AM GMT-4 · 3758 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
13. 3.977 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Jun 14, 7:05 PM GMT-4 · 3752 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
14. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jun 19, 4:55 PM GMT-4 · 3747 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
15. 4.080 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jun 20, 7:08 AM GMT-4 · 3746 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
16. 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Jun 22, 5:58 AM GMT-4 · 3744 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
17. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jun 24, 8:47 PM GMT-4 · 3742 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
18. 4.399 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Jun 25, 6:47 AM GMT-4 · 3741 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
19. 5.028 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jun 27, 8:51 AM GMT-4 · 3739 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
20. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Jun 28, 6:37 AM GMT-4 · 3738 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
21. 4.399 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Jun 28, 7:18 AM GMT-4 · 3738 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
22. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jul 3, 8:13 PM GMT-4 · 3733 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
23. 4.329 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Jul 14, 2:48 AM GMT-4 · 3723 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away

Before

1. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, May 17, 3:11 AM GMT-4 · 3781 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
2. 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, May 9, 9:16 PM GMT-3 · 3788 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
3. 4.254 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, May 9, 8:18 AM GMT-3 · 3788 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
4. 3.652 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Apr 30, 10:15 PM GMT-3 · 3797 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
5. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Apr 28, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 3800 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
6. 3.964 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Apr 27, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 3800 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
7. 3.987 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Apr 26, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
8. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 12:35 PM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
9. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 11:01 AM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005ikv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.