M4.3 earthquake 16 km SW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.3 (mwr), light

Local time

Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 6:43 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-02-12 21:43:15 UTC

Depth

55.1 km (34.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.724° S, 71.314° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.3 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 164°, dip 65°, rake 80°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 6°, dip 27°, rake 110°

Location uncertainty

About 4.0 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Stations used

0

• Illapel, ChilePopulation 22,816. Forecast17 kmSW
• Viña del Mar, ChilePopulation 334,248. Forecast146 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast203 kmNNW

After

1. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Feb 17, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3870 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
2. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
3. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Feb 23, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
4. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Feb 25, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3862 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
5. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 29, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
6. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 1, 8:03 PM GMT-3 · 3856 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
7. 4.128 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Mar 7, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 3850 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away
8. 4.659 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Mar 14, 7:26 AM GMT-3 · 3844 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
9. 4.358 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 15, 1:41 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
10. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 11
11. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
12. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
13. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 16, 10:41 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
14. 4.318 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 7:30 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 52 km deep · 3 km away
15. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
16. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 22, 9:38 PM GMT-3 · 3835 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Mar 26, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
18. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
19. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Apr 6, 2:35 PM GMT-3 · 3821 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 7
20. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 10, 3:10 PM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away

Before

1. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 8:45 PM GMT-3 · 3878 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
2. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 9:13 AM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
3. 4.495 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 6, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3880 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
4. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
5. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:24 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
6. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
7. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
8. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 25, 1:35 AM GMT-3 · 3893 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
9. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, ChileTue, Jan 19, 4:08 AM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
10. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jan 16, 5:36 PM GMT-3 · 3902 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004zuf. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC.