Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 29 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 29 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Nov 17, 2015, 10:16 AM GMT-3 (13:16 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 86 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-11-17 13:16:27 UTC
Depth
48.6 km (30.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.688° S, 71.493° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 10°, dip 39°, rake 109°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 166°, dip 53°, rake 75°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.6 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.849 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.353 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 10
  9. 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.775 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.327 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 54 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3953 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 5.690 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3951 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 4.558 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3951 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 4.343 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3950 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 4.149 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 4.743 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3948 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.156 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 4.888 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 4.284 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 4.4111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 4.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 4.042 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3944 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3942 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 11
  30. 4.689 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3942 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  32. 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 4.363 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3939 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 4.188 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3938 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 4.244 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3937 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 4.184 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3935 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 4.052 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3931 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 5.810 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3930 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 38
  51. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3927 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3926 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3922 days ago · 49 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3918 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3917 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3916 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 4.675 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.420 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 50 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.425 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3965 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 4.465 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.382 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.181 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.375 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.627 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.336 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.135 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.321 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3971 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3971 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 51 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 9
  20. 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away

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