M4.5 earthquake 75 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 75 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sat, Jan 30, 2016, 10:28 AM GMT-3 (13:28 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-30 13:28:18 UTC
- Depth
- 12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.200° S, 72.414° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 24°, dip 35°, rake 115°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 175°, dip 58°, rake 73°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.417 km SSE of Quilpué, Chile · 3864 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 3.947 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 3845 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.323 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3839 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004w1c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.