M4.2 earthquake 43 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 43 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Wed, Jan 27, 2016, 12:09 PM GMT-3 (15:09 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 75 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-27 15:09:03 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.660° S, 71.762° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.575 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3888 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3879 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3878 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.417 km SSE of Quilpué, Chile · 3864 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 3.947 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 3844 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.659 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3844 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.323 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3839 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004v7k. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:05 AM UTC.