Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 41 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 41 km W of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 2:43 PM GMT-3 (17:43 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 70 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-11-13 17:43:28 UTC
Depth
48.3 km (30.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.688° S, 71.598° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 13.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
164°
Stations used
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.370 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3589 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.320 km S of Salamanca, Chile · 3585 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.447 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3582 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.777 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3581 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.470 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3576 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 5.260 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3575 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 16
  7. 4.949 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3575 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.445 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3575 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.843 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3572 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
  10. 4.013 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3566 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 4.0111 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3558 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 4.442 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3551 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 4.539 km NNE of Illapel, Chile · 3543 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 3.966 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3603 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3611 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.353 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3614 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 3.980 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3615 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.044 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3622 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100077cp. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.