Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 57 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 57 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Mon, May 30, 2016, 1:59 AM GMT-4 (05:59 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 25 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-05-30 05:59:01 UTC
Depth
25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.267° S, 71.800° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 171°, dip 78°, rake 76°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 39°, dip 18°, rake 137°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.725 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3768 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3764 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.333 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3763 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.359 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3762 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3759 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.977 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3753 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3747 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3743 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 5.028 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3740 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
  11. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3734 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.329 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3724 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 4.8Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3711 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 51

Before

  1. 4.4107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3769 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.475 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3775 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.2109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3778 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.397 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3778 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.492 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3779 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3789 days ago · 56 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 4.254 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3789 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.425 km W of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3790 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8
  9. 3.652 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3798 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005z5a. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC.