M4.4 earthquake 10 km SSE of San Antonio, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of San Antonio, Chile on Thu, Dec 29, 2016, 5:50 AM GMT-3 (08:50 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-29 08:50:21 UTC
- Depth
- 43.3 km (26.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.684° S, 71.574° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at El Tabo and San Antonio; (III) at Navidad and Santo Domingo; (II) at El Quisco, San Pedro and Tiltil. Also felt at Chimbarongo, Machali, Quilpue, Rancagua, San Bernando and Valparaiso.
From the USGS event page for us10007ni7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.217 km SE of Paine, Chile · 3561 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.398 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 3560 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.48 km SSE of Puente Alto, Chile · 3551 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.165 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 3518 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007ni7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.