Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 47 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 47 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 10:09 PM GMT-3 (01:09 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 59 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-03-14 01:09:45 UTC
Depth
30.6 km (19.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.610° S, 71.697° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.9 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
147°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.659 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3845 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.323 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3839 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3836 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.663 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3813 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.863 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3813 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.3Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3810 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 3.721 km SW of La Ligua, Chile · 3809 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3802 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3802 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.964 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3800 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3800 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.652 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3797 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 4.425 km W of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3790 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 8
  14. 4.254 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3788 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3788 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.128 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3851 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.417 km SSE of Quilpué, Chile · 3865 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004x9u. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.