M3.9 earthquake 39 km NNW of San Vicente, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 39 km NNW of San Vicente, Chile on Thu, Dec 1, 2016, 2:04 AM GMT-3 (05:04 UTC), 56 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 10 km SSE of San Antonio, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-01 05:04:13 UTC
- Depth
- 55.5 km (34.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.124° S, 71.299° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at El Monte, Melipilla and Talagante; (II) at Machali, Navidad, Rancagua, San Antonio and Santo Domingo.
From the USGS event page for us10007dz4. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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 4.7 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.331 km ESE of Paine, Chile · 3589 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.216 km NE of Graneros, Chile · 3572 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 4.410 km SSE of San Antonio, Chile · 3567 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 7
- 4.217 km SE of Paine, Chile · 3563 days ago · 95 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.48 km SSE of Puente Alto, Chile · 3553 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dz4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:17 AM UTC.