M4.2 earthquake 70 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 4:24 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-04-17 19:24:42 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.457° S, 71.884° W

Region

Chile

Felt reports

1

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

179°

Stations used

35

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast62 kmNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast175 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast251 kmNNW

After

1. 5.215 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 18, 8:38 AM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
2. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 1:37 PM GMT-3 · 3808 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
3. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 11:01 AM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
4. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 12:35 PM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
5. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 25, 7:20 PM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
6. 3.987 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Apr 26, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
7. 3.964 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Apr 27, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 3800 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
8. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Apr 28, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 3799 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
9. 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, May 9, 9:16 PM GMT-3 · 3788 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
10. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 11, 10:11 AM GMT-3 · 3786 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
11. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 12, 3:03 PM GMT-3 · 3785 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
12. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, May 17, 3:11 AM GMT-4 · 3780 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
13. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 18, 5:04 PM GMT-4 · 3779 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
14. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 19, 2:28 PM GMT-4 · 3778 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
15. 4.492 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, May 19, 3:25 PM GMT-4 · 3778 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
16. 4.397 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, May 20, 4:29 AM GMT-4 · 3777 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
17. 4.2109 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, May 20, 11:00 AM GMT-4 · 3777 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
18. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, May 22, 7:47 AM GMT-4 · 3775 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
19. 4.475 km NW of La Ligua, ChileMon, May 23, 8:39 AM GMT-4 · 3774 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
20. 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, May 27, 1:48 PM GMT-4 · 3770 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
21. 4.4107 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, May 29, 7:17 PM GMT-4 · 3768 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
22. 4.057 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, May 30, 1:59 AM GMT-4 · 3767 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
23. 4.725 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, May 30, 8:41 AM GMT-4 · 3767 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
24. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jun 3, 4:47 PM GMT-4 · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
25. 4.333 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Jun 4, 6:19 PM GMT-4 · 3762 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
26. 4.359 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jun 6, 2:53 AM GMT-4 · 3760 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
27. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jun 7, 3:06 AM GMT-4 · 3759 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
28. 4.258 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Jun 8, 6:53 AM GMT-4 · 3758 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
29. 3.977 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Jun 14, 7:05 PM GMT-4 · 3752 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 17, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 3810 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
2. 4.863 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Apr 15, 1:27 AM GMT-3 · 3812 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.663 km NW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Apr 14, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 3813 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
4. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 10, 3:10 PM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
5. 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 10, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
6. 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 10:45 PM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
7. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
8. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Apr 6, 2:35 PM GMT-3 · 3821 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 7
9. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 4, 8:12 PM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
10. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
11. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 31, 11:40 PM GMT-3 · 3827 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
12. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 12:36 AM GMT-3 · 3830 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
13. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 5:56 AM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
14. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Mar 26, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
15. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 25, 5:03 AM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
16. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 22, 9:38 PM GMT-3 · 3836 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
18. 4.318 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 7:30 PM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
19. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Mar 20, 5:01 PM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
20. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 19, 9:24 AM GMT-3 · 3839 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005j9i. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:52 PM UTC.