M3.8 earthquake 24 km SW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 24 km SW of La Ligua, Chile on Mon, Dec 12, 2016, 1:45 AM GMT-3 (04:45 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 13 km SW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-12 04:45:39 UTC
- Depth
- 35.7 km (22.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.623° S, 71.400° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 12.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.013 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3566 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.442 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3552 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.074 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3529 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000803v. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC.