M4.0 earthquake 51 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

Magnitude

4.0 (ml), light

Local time

Wed, Jan 6, 2016, 2:10 AM GMT-3

UTC

2016-01-06 05:10:23 UTC

Depth

27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.201° S, 71.686° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.5 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth

Stations used

0

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast36 kmSSW
• Viña del Mar, ChilePopulation 334,248. Forecast92 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast170 kmNW

After

1. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jan 10, 10:33 AM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
2. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, ChileTue, Jan 19, 4:08 AM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
3. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 25, 1:35 AM GMT-3 · 3893 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
4. 4.853 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Jan 25, 9:19 PM GMT-3 · 3892 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 25
5. 4.243 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileWed, Jan 27, 12:09 PM GMT-3 · 3891 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
6. 4.495 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 6, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3880 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
7. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 9:13 AM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
8. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 8:45 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
9. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, ChileFri, Feb 12, 6:43 PM GMT-3 · 3875 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
10. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
11. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Feb 25, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3862 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
12. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 29, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
13. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Mar 1, 8:03 PM GMT-3 · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away

Before

1. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jan 1, 3:03 AM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
2. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 8:47 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
3. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
4. 4.187 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
5. 3.894 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
6. 4.292 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 3:53 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
7. 4.686 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
8. 5.096 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
9. 4.482 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
10. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:19 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
11. 4.169 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 1:02 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
12. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 24, 11:39 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
13. 4.338 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileTue, Dec 22, 10:40 PM GMT-3 · 3926 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
14. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 21, 2:04 PM GMT-3 · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
15. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
16. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
17. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
18. 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 7, 4:51 AM GMT-3 · 3942 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 11

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004bpe. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC.