M4.0 earthquake 37 km W of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 37 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 6:39 AM GMT-3 (09:39 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 31 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-22 09:39:10 UTC
- Depth
- 29.1 km (18.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.635° S, 71.585° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3865 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3864 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3863 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3863 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.426 km SE of La Serena, Chile · 3863 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3862 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3862 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3857 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3855 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3855 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3849 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3849 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3846 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
- 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3844 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.358 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3843 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3843 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.368 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
- 4.477 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.274 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3842 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.739 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3839 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.335 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3838 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3838 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3837 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3835 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3834 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3833 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3832 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3831 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3829 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3829 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3826 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.372 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3823 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3821 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
- 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3818 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3818 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3817 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3817 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.749 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3810 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3810 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3810 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3808 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3807 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.599 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3865 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 6.0105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3865 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3867 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.937 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3868 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
- 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3869 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.624 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3869 days ago · 51 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.386 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3870 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.867 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3870 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.330 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3871 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3871 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.031 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3875 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.459 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 4.835 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.738 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.837 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.337 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 71
- 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
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