M4.1 earthquake 101 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 101 km W of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 6:37 AM GMT-4 (10:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 99 km W 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
- 4.1 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-28 10:37:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.733° S, 72.229° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 356°, dip 87°, rake -85°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 113°, dip 6°, rake -153°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.6 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3733 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 4.329 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3723 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.187 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3714 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.366 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3708 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.637 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3708 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3700 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.0110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3698 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.046 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3698 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.599 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3697 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.558 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3696 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.841 km N of La Ligua, Chile · 3696 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 9
- 3.854 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3693 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 5.028 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3740 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
- 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3742 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3745 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3747 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3747 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.977 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3752 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3759 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3760 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3761 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.333 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3762 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.725 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3768 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.057 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3768 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200067gp. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.