Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 42 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 42 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Jul 3, 2016, 8:13 PM GMT-4 (00:13 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 22 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-07-04 00:13:03 UTC
Depth
44.0 km (27.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.443° S, 71.556° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 23°, dip 34°, rake 98°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 194°, dip 57°, rake 85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
184

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3729 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3725 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3723 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.329 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3722 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  7. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3718 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3717 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3714 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 4.187 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3713 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 4.218 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3711 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3711 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  13. 4.366 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3707 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 4.637 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3707 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.3104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3699 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.0110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3697 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 5.046 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3697 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 4.599 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3696 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 4.558 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3695 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 4.841 km N of La Ligua, Chile · 3695 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 9
  21. 4.625 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3695 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 4.134 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3687 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 4.319 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3676 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3735 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3738 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3738 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 5.028 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
  5. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3740 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3741 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3742 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3744 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3744 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3744 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3746 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3747 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3749 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.713 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3751 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3758 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3759 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 4.359 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3760 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 4.333 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3762 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005zpe. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC.