Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 66 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 66 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Nov 26, 2015, 2:08 AM GMT-3 (05:08 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 147 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-11-26 05:08:28 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.709° S, 71.885° 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
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 1°, dip 41°, rake 98°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 171°, dip 50°, rake 83°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
88°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3952 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 5.690 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3951 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.558 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3951 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.343 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3950 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.149 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.743 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3948 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.156 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.888 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 4.284 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 4.4111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 4.042 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3944 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3942 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 11
  19. 4.689 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3942 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
  21. 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 4.363 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3939 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 4.188 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3938 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 4.4143 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3937 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 4.244 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3937 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 4.184 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3935 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 4.052 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3932 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 5.810 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3930 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 38
  41. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3927 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3926 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3922 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3921 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  49. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3917 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3916 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3911 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 26
  54. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  57. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3907 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3907 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3906 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3902 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 4.072 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.327 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.775 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 10
  7. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.353 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.849 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 4.129 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.675 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 4.420 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.425 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3965 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100041et. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.