M4.6 earthquake 61 km NW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 61 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Sat, Oct 1, 2016, 8:25 AM GMT-3 (11:25 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-01 11:25:11 UTC
- Depth
- 16.3 km (10.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.078° S, 71.709° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.980 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3623 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.353 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3622 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3619 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.966 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3611 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 4.241 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3609 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.370 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.320 km S of Salamanca, Chile · 3593 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.078 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3658 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.944 km NNW of Viña del Mar, Chile · 3659 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.879 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3670 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.939 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3676 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 4.255 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3676 days ago · 67 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.388 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3681 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006udi. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC.