M4.2 earthquake 50 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Mon, May 9, 2016, 9:16 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-05-10 00:16:06 UTC

Depth

56.3 km (35.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.324° S, 71.750° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.2 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.23

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

169°

Stations used

44

• La Ligua, ChilePopulation 32,131. Forecast51 kmWNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast80 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast163 kmNW

After

1. 4.492 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, May 19, 3:25 PM GMT-4 · 3784 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
2. 4.397 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, May 20, 4:29 AM GMT-4 · 3783 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
3. 4.2109 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, May 20, 11:00 AM GMT-4 · 3783 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
4. 4.475 km NW of La Ligua, ChileMon, May 23, 8:39 AM GMT-4 · 3780 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
5. 4.4107 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, May 29, 7:17 PM GMT-4 · 3774 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
6. 4.057 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, May 30, 1:59 AM GMT-4 · 3773 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
7. 4.725 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, May 30, 8:41 AM GMT-4 · 3773 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
8. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jun 3, 4:47 PM GMT-4 · 3769 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
9. 4.333 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Jun 4, 6:19 PM GMT-4 · 3768 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
10. 4.359 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jun 6, 2:53 AM GMT-4 · 3766 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
11. 4.258 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Jun 8, 6:53 AM GMT-4 · 3764 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
12. 3.977 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Jun 14, 7:05 PM GMT-4 · 3758 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.080 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jun 20, 7:08 AM GMT-4 · 3752 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
14. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jun 24, 8:47 PM GMT-4 · 3748 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
15. 4.399 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Jun 25, 6:47 AM GMT-4 · 3747 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
16. 5.028 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jun 27, 8:51 AM GMT-4 · 3745 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
17. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Jun 28, 6:37 AM GMT-4 · 3744 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
18. 4.399 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Jun 28, 7:18 AM GMT-4 · 3744 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
19. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jul 3, 8:13 PM GMT-4 · 3739 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.254 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, May 9, 8:18 AM GMT-3 · 3794 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
2. 4.425 km W of Hacienda La Calera, ChileSun, May 8, 7:33 AM GMT-3 · 3795 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 8
3. 3.652 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Apr 30, 10:15 PM GMT-3 · 3803 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
4. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Apr 28, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 3805 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
5. 3.964 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Apr 27, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 3806 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
6. 3.987 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Apr 26, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
7. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 12:35 PM GMT-3 · 3808 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
8. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 25, 11:01 AM GMT-3 · 3808 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
9. 3.721 km SW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Apr 18, 11:54 AM GMT-3 · 3815 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
10. 5.215 km SW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 18, 8:38 AM GMT-3 · 3815 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
11. 4.3Near the coast of Valparaiso, ChileMon, Apr 18, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 3815 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
12. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 17, 4:24 PM GMT-3 · 3816 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.863 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Apr 15, 1:27 AM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
14. 4.663 km NW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Apr 14, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 3819 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
15. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 10, 3:10 PM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005g7a. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.