Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 25 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 25 km W of Illapel, Chile on Mon, May 30, 2016, 8:41 AM GMT-4 (12:41 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 28 km SW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-05-30 12:41:55 UTC
Depth
56.0 km (34.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.652° S, 71.439° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 354°, dip 69°, rake 82°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 195°, dip 23°, rake 109°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Depth from
From moment tensor inversion
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
122

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.333 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3762 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.359 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3761 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3760 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3758 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 3.977 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3752 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3747 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3746 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3744 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3742 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3741 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 5.028 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 6
  13. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3738 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3738 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3735 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3733 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.329 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3723 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 4.187 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3713 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3711 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  21. 4.366 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3707 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 4.057 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.4107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3768 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3770 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.475 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3774 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.2109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3777 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.397 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3777 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.492 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3778 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3781 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3788 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005z6j. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.