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M5.1 earthquake 30 km ESE of Paine, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 30 km ESE of Paine, Chile on Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 6:38 AM GMT-3 (09:38 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mww), moderate
Local time
UTC
2016-04-14 09:38:44 UTC
Depth
110.5 km (68.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
33.883° S, 70.419° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
31
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
PAGER alert
Green
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Map
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USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

31 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

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

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level
Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

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 244°, dip 65°, rake 98°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 45°, dip 26°, rake 72°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.9 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
35°
Stations used
130

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.538 km SW of Melipilla, Chile · 3794 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005hz4 (also filed as gcmt20160414093844, iscgem611829322). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.