Weak mag. 3.8 earthquake - Limarí, 25 km southwest of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Sunday, 9 October 2016 at 03:57 (GMT)
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in Chile | Coquimbo Region | Valparaiso | Santiago Metropolitan
Weak magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 49 km depth
9 Oct 04:12 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 15 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 44.0 to 49.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 44.0 to 49.0 km.
Magnitude: 3.8
Depth: 49.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.71°S / 71.43°W
(Limarí, Coquimbo Region, Chile)Nearby towns and cities:
25 km (16 mi) WSW of Ovalle (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 77,100) --> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) W of Monte Patria (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
85 km (53 mi) S of Coquimbo (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 161,300) --> See nearby quakes!
85 km (53 mi) S of Coquimbo (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 161,300) --> See nearby quakes!
91 km (57 mi) S of La Serena (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) NNW of Illapel (Choapa, Coquimbo Region) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) NNW of Illapel (Choapa, Coquimbo Region) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
258 km (160 mi) N of Viña del Mar (Valparaíso) (pop: 294,600) --> See nearby quakes!
314 km (195 mi) NNW of Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
333 km (207 mi) NNW of Puente Alto (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 510,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 3.8 | 49 km | COQUIMBO, CHILE | EMSC |
| M 3.8 | 49 km | 22 km al NO de Punitaqui | GUG (U. Chile) |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it be the first to report it!
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Weak mag. 3.8 earthquake - Limarí, 25 km southwest of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Sunday, 9 October 2016 at 03:57 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
