Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 63 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 63 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Fri, Apr 15, 2016, 1:27 AM GMT-3 (04:27 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 15 km SW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-15 04:27:56 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.157° S, 71.814° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 223°, dip 10°, rake -59°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 12°, dip 82°, rake -95°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.4 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
73

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3810 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.3Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3810 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 5.215 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3809 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
  4. 3.721 km SW of La Ligua, Chile · 3809 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3802 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3802 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 3.987 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 3.964 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3800 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3799 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 3.652 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3797 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.425 km W of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3789 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
  12. 4.254 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3788 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3788 days ago · 56 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3781 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.492 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3778 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 4.397 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3777 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 4.2109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3777 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 4.475 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3774 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 4.4107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3768 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 4.057 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 4.725 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3767 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 4.333 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3762 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 4.359 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3761 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3758 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 4.663 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3813 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3821 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  4. 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3833 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3836 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3838 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.318 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3838 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005ict. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.