M4.6 earthquake 102 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 102 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Tue, Mar 29, 2016, 5:32 PM GMT-3 (20:32 UTC), 190 km (118 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 132 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-29 20:32:26 UTC
- Depth
- 190.0 km (118.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.303° S, 67.450° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7146 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3836 days ago · 216 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.220 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3829 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.496 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3828 days ago · 156 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.9106 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3814 days ago · 153 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.0132 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3782 days ago · 175 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005d7x. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC.