M4.3 earthquake 88 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 88 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Fri, Sep 2, 2016, 10:03 AM GMT-3 (13:03 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 39 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-02 13:03:29 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.122° S, 72.087° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.255 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3668 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.939 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3667 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 3.879 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3662 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.944 km NNW of Viña del Mar, Chile · 3650 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.078 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3650 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.661 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3643 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.353 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3614 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.430 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3678 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 3.854 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3692 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.841 km N of La Ligua, Chile · 3696 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 9
- 4.558 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3696 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.599 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3696 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.046 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3697 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.0110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3698 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3700 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006jn5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.