M4.4 earthquake 82 km SSE of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 82 km SSE of Vallenar, Chile on Wed, Oct 5, 2016, 3:17 AM GMT-3 (06:17 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 31 km SE of Vallenar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-05 06:17:24 UTC
- Depth
- 125.5 km (78.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 29.251° S, 70.397° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.254 km N of La Serena, Chile · 3642 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.334 km NE of Vallenar, Chile · 3601 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.631 km SE of Vallenar, Chile · 3588 days ago · 89 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.346 km ESE of Vallenar, Chile · 3588 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006v3l. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.