Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 78 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 78 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Nov 2, 2015, 1:48 PM GMT-3 (16:48 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 147 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-11-02 16:48:58 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.436° S, 71.997° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.4 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
175°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5147 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.071 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3975 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.583 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 4.282 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 5.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 4.869 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
  13. 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 9
  18. 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 4.321 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 4.135 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3971 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 4.336 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 4.627 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  25. 4.375 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 5.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 4.868 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 4.372 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 4.273 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 4.680 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 4.391 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 4.384 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 4.666 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 4.181 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 4.486 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 4.382 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 4.465 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 4.4103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 4.367 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 4.485 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 4.425 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3965 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 4.371 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 3.977 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3964 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 4.420 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 4.675 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 4.129 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 3.9100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 3.849 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 10
  59. 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 4.775 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 107.

Before

  1. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3982 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.147 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3983 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3984 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3984 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.396 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3985 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.321 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 3985 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.7147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 4.010 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3986 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 4.075 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3987 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3988 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.252 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200041bh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC.