Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 55 km SW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 55 km SW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Sep 6, 2016, 9:06 PM GMT-3 (00:06 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 39 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-09-07 00:06:00 UTC
Depth
67.4 km (41.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.954° S, 71.620° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.0 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
62

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.939 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3673 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
  2. 3.879 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3668 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.731 km E of Salamanca, Chile · 3659 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.944 km NNW of Viña del Mar, Chile · 3656 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.078 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3656 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.661 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3649 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.980 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3621 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.353 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3620 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3617 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 4.388 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3678 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.430 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3684 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.854 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3698 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.841 km N of La Ligua, Chile · 3702 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 9
  5. 4.558 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3702 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 4.599 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3702 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 5.046 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3703 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.0110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3704 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006mjz. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC.