M4.4 earthquake 95 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.4 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Feb 6, 2016, 11:49 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-02-07 02:49:34 UTC

Depth

11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.788° S, 72.157° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 7.3 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.27

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

150°

Stations used

30

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast64 kmWNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast147 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast233 kmNW

After

1. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 9:13 AM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
2. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 8:45 PM GMT-3 · 3878 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
3. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, ChileFri, Feb 12, 6:43 PM GMT-3 · 3875 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
4. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Feb 17, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3870 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
5. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
6. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Feb 23, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
7. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Feb 25, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3862 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
8. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 29, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
9. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 1, 8:03 PM GMT-3 · 3856 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
10. 4.128 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Mar 7, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 3850 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
11. 4.659 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Mar 14, 7:26 AM GMT-3 · 3844 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
12. 4.358 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 15, 1:41 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
13. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 11
14. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
15. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
16. 4.318 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 7:30 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
17. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
18. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 22, 9:38 PM GMT-3 · 3835 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
19. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Mar 26, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
20. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
21. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Apr 6, 2:35 PM GMT-3 · 3821 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7

Before

1. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
2. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:24 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
3. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
4. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
5. 4.853 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Jan 25, 9:19 PM GMT-3 · 3892 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 25
6. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 25, 1:35 AM GMT-3 · 3893 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
7. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, ChileTue, Jan 19, 4:08 AM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
8. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jan 16, 5:36 PM GMT-3 · 3902 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
9. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 11, 6:16 PM GMT-3 · 3907 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
10. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jan 10, 10:33 AM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004yhb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:53 AM UTC.