M4.4 earthquake 26 km NNE of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 26 km NNE of Vallenar, Chile on Tue, Oct 11, 2016, 9:52 AM GMT-3 (12:52 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Near the coast of 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-11 12:52:05 UTC
- Depth
- 99.0 km (61.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 28.346° S, 70.702° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.54
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.437 km SSE of Copiapó, Chile · 3619 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.263 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 3607 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8Near the coast of Atacama, Chile · 3601 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 4.283 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 3600 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.334 km NE of Vallenar, Chile · 3597 days ago · 82 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.631 km SE of Vallenar, Chile · 3584 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.346 km ESE of Vallenar, Chile · 3584 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007d8e. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.