M4.6 earthquake 85 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 85 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 6:16 PM GMT-3 (21:16 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 77 km WNW of Coquimbo, 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
- 2016-09-14 21:16:16 UTC
- Depth
- 19.8 km (12.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.993° S, 71.492° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.736 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3651 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.550 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 3645 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.877 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3644 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.254 km N of La Serena, Chile · 3637 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3636 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.8Near the coast of Atacama, Chile · 3600 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006pm4. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:42 AM UTC.