M4.0 earthquake 111 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 111 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 10:34 PM GMT-3 (01:34 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 42 km NNW 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
- 2016-12-26 01:34:34 UTC
- Depth
- 24.9 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.181° S, 72.368° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.442 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3556 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.074 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3532 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007msl. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC.