M4.3 earthquake 20 km S of Salamanca, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 20 km S of Salamanca, Chile on Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 1:34 AM GMT-3 (04:34 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 60 km W 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-29 04:34:30 UTC
- Depth
- 91.1 km (56.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 31.965° S, 70.986° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.777 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3586 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 4.470 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3581 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.260 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3580 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 16
- 4.949 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3580 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.445 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3580 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.824 km SW of La Ligua, Chile · 3577 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.013 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3571 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.442 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3556 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.539 km NNE of Illapel, Chile · 3548 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 4.074 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3533 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.370 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3594 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.241 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3605 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.966 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3608 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3616 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.353 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3619 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007d2d. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.