M4.1 earthquake 146 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 146 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Mon, Oct 10, 2016, 3:01 PM GMT-3 (18:01 UTC), 197 km (122 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 74 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-10 18:01:16 UTC
- Depth
- 196.7 km (122.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.841° S, 67.364° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 13.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3102 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3604 days ago · 194 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.674 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3604 days ago · 217 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.291 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3597 days ago · 208 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007d47. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC.