Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 38 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 38 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Sun, Jan 10, 2016, 8:01 PM GMT-3 (23:01 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 68 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-01-10 23:01:50 UTC
Depth
33.7 km (20.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.597° S, 71.596° 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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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
3.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 177°, dip 68°, rake 78°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 26°, dip 25°, rake 117°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.6 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
167°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3907 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3906 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3902 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3899 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3899 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3898 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3893 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3892 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3891 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3889 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  12. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3887 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 6.337 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 71
  20. 5.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 4.738 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  25. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 4.459 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3876 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3871 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 4.330 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3871 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3870 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 4.624 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 51 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 4.937 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3869 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  35. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3868 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 6.0105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3866 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  37. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3866 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3865 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3865 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3864 days ago · 49 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3864 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  43. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 4.426 km SE of La Serena, Chile · 3863 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  46. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  47. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3862 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3857 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3856 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3855 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3849 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3849 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3911 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3911 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3911 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 26
  5. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3912 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3916 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3918 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3922 days ago · 49 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3926 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3927 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 5.810 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3930 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 38
  16. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 4.052 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3933 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3933 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004ddu. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.