M4.2 earthquake 15 km SSW of Vicuña, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Vicuña, Chile on Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 5:59 PM GMT-3 (20:59 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 33 km WSW of Ovalle, 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
- 2016-09-21 20:59:26 UTC
- Depth
- 88.3 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 30.173° S, 70.759° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.736 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3657 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.026 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3646 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.012 km ENE of Ovalle, Chile · 3644 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.254 km N of La Serena, Chile · 3643 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.933 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3639 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.238 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3635 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.329 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3630 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3622 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3606 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006rfy. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC.