M4.9 earthquake 39 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 39 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 7:54 PM GMT-3 (22:54 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-07 22:54:32 UTC
- Depth
- 30.5 km (18.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.321° S, 71.620° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 197°, dip 65°, rake 123°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 320°, dip 40°, rake 40°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 156
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.879 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3666 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.944 km NNW of Viña del Mar, Chile · 3655 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.078 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3655 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.661 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3648 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.353 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3619 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3616 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.255 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3673 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.388 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.430 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3683 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 3.854 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3697 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.841 km N of La Ligua, Chile · 3701 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 9
- 4.558 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3701 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.599 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3701 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006mwe. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC.