M4.1 earthquake 57 km NE of Salamanca, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 57 km NE of Salamanca, Chile on Sat, Oct 8, 2016, 10:02 PM GMT-3 (01:02 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 20 km S of Salamanca, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-09 01:02:41 UTC
- Depth
- 112.5 km (69.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 31.358° S, 70.603° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007cvi. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.