M4.0 earthquake 78 km NW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 78 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 1:54 AM GMT-3 (04:54 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 61 km NW 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-25 04:54:36 UTC
- Depth
- 41.9 km (26.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.057° S, 71.923° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 19.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.661 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3650 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.980 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3621 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.353 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3620 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3617 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.966 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3610 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.241 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3607 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.944 km NNW of Viña del Mar, Chile · 3657 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.879 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3668 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.939 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3674 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
- 4.255 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3675 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.388 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.430 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3685 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006shv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC.