M4.2 earthquake 74 km NW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Wed, Mar 16, 2016, 1:06 AM GMT-3

UTC

2016-03-16 04:06:58 UTC

Depth

35.5 km (22.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.236° S, 71.799° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.1 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.24

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

190°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

41

• Illapel, ChilePopulation 22,816. Forecast74 kmNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast149 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast270 kmNNW

After

1. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 16, 10:41 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
2. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 19, 9:24 AM GMT-3 · 3840 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
3. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Mar 20, 5:01 PM GMT-3 · 3839 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
4. 4.318 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 7:30 PM GMT-3 · 3839 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
5. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 3839 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
6. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 21, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
7. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 22, 9:38 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
8. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 24, 7:14 PM GMT-3 · 3835 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
9. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 25, 5:03 AM GMT-3 · 3834 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
10. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Mar 26, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
11. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 5:56 AM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
12. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 9:27 PM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
13. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 12:36 AM GMT-3 · 3830 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
14. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3830 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
15. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 31, 11:40 PM GMT-3 · 3827 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
16. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3824 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
17. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 4, 8:12 PM GMT-3 · 3824 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
18. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Apr 6, 2:35 PM GMT-3 · 3822 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
19. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 3819 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
20. 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 10:45 PM GMT-3 · 3819 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
21. 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 10, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
22. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 10, 3:10 PM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
23. 4.663 km NW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Apr 14, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 3814 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
24. 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 17, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 3811 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
25. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 17, 4:24 PM GMT-3 · 3811 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
26. 5.215 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 18, 8:38 AM GMT-3 · 3810 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
27. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 1:37 PM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
28. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 9:46 PM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
29. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 25, 7:20 PM GMT-3 · 3803 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
30. 3.987 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Apr 26, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
31. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Apr 28, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 3800 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
32. 4.428 km NW of Ovalle, ChileFri, May 6, 5:51 AM GMT-3 · 3792 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
33. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 11, 10:11 AM GMT-3 · 3787 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
34. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 12, 3:03 PM GMT-3 · 3786 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away

Before

1. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
2. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 11
3. 4.358 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 15, 1:41 AM GMT-3 · 3844 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
4. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 14, 10:21 AM GMT-3 · 3845 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
5. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 9, 10:28 AM GMT-3 · 3850 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
6. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 9, 6:40 AM GMT-3 · 3850 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
7. 4.128 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Mar 7, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 3852 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
8. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 1, 8:03 PM GMT-3 · 3858 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
9. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 1, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3858 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
10. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 29, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 3859 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
11. 3.7149 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 26, 8:34 PM GMT-3 · 3862 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
12. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Feb 25, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
13. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 25, 8:49 AM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
14. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 25, 8:27 AM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
15. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Feb 23, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 43 km deep · 26 km away
16. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 23, 6:50 AM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
17. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
18. 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 22, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3866 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
19. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:39 AM GMT-3 · 3866 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
20. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Feb 22, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 3866 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005a3f. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC.