M4.7 earthquake 146 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 146 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Tue, Mar 29, 2016, 4:56 PM GMT-4 (20:56 UTC), 216 km (134 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-29 20:56:41 UTC
- Depth
- 216.2 km (134.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.937° S, 67.234° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 81
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.487 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3830 days ago · 198 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.496 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3829 days ago · 156 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.9106 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3815 days ago · 153 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2103 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3793 days ago · 212 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4111 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3785 days ago · 178 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.0132 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3784 days ago · 175 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005d84. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:54 PM UTC.