Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 104 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 104 km W of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Aug 6, 2016, 6:05 AM GMT-4 (10:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 46 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-08-06 10:05:22 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.763° S, 72.264° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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 6.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
109°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3698 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 5.046 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3697 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.599 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3696 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 4.558 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3695 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 3.854 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3692 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.388 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3672 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.255 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3668 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.939 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3667 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  9. 3.879 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3661 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.078 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3650 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 4.661 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3643 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.637 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3707 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.366 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3707 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.187 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3713 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.329 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3722 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006btx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:16 PM UTC.