M4.3 earthquake 18 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.3 (mb), light

Local time

Sun, Mar 20, 2016, 7:30 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-03-20 22:30:22 UTC

Depth

52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.715° S, 71.342° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.5 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

121°

Stations used

48

• Illapel, ChilePopulation 22,816. Forecast19 kmWSW
• Viña del Mar, ChilePopulation 334,248. Forecast147 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast204 kmNNW

After

1. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
2. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 22, 9:38 PM GMT-3 · 3836 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Mar 26, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
4. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
5. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 4, 8:12 PM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
6. 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
7. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 10, 3:10 PM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
8. 4.663 km NW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Apr 14, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 3813 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.863 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Apr 15, 1:27 AM GMT-3 · 3813 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 17, 4:24 PM GMT-3 · 3810 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.3Near the coast of Valparaiso, ChileMon, Apr 18, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
12. 5.215 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 18, 8:38 AM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 7
13. 3.721 km SW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 18, 11:54 AM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
14. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 11:01 AM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
15. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 12:35 PM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
16. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 25, 7:20 PM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
17. 3.987 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Apr 26, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
18. 3.964 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Apr 27, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 3800 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
19. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Apr 28, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 3799 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
20. 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, May 9, 9:16 PM GMT-3 · 3788 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
21. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, May 17, 3:11 AM GMT-4 · 3780 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
22. 4.492 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, May 19, 3:25 PM GMT-4 · 3778 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away

Before

1. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 16, 10:41 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
2. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
3. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
4. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 11
5. 4.358 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 15, 1:41 AM GMT-3 · 3844 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
6. 4.659 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Mar 14, 7:26 AM GMT-3 · 3844 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
7. 4.128 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Mar 7, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 3851 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
8. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 1, 8:03 PM GMT-3 · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
9. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 29, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
10. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Feb 25, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3862 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
11. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Feb 23, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3864 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
12. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005bbb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.