M4.0 earthquake 80 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 80 km W of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 7:08 AM GMT-4 (11:08 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-20 11:08:10 UTC
- Depth
- 19.6 km (12.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.566° S, 72.019° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.6 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3745 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3742 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.028 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3740 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3735 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3733 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.329 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3723 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.187 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3714 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3712 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 4.366 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3708 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.637 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3708 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3700 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.0110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3698 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.046 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3698 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.599 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3696 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.558 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3696 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.841 km N of La Ligua, Chile · 3696 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 9
- 3.854 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3693 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3747 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.977 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3752 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3759 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3760 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3761 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.333 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3762 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.725 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3768 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.057 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3768 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3770 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.475 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3775 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200065h8. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC.