Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 48 km NNE of La Serena, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 48 km NNE of La Serena, Chile on Mon, Apr 18, 2016, 1:25 AM GMT-3 (04:25 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 51 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-18 04:25:59 UTC
Depth
39.7 km (24.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.517° S, 71.015° 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 IV, light shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.2 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
123°
Stations used
67

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3786 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3771 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3764 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 5.884 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3762 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.097 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3762 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3761 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  7. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3759 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.341 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3755 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3753 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 4.526 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3750 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.026 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3825 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005jdf. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:47 AM UTC.