Chile earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 47 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 47 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 11:54 PM GMT-4 (03:54 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mww), moderate
Local time: Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 11:54 PM GMT-4
UTC: 2016-06-22 03:54:40 UTC
Depth: 26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.635° S, 71.692° 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.

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: 5.1 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 171°, dip 53°, rake 81°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 6°, dip 38°, rake 102°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 2.7 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 132°
Stations used: 147

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200065x1 (also filed as iscgem609060197). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.