Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 24 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 24 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Feb 17, 2016, 10:32 PM GMT-3 (01:32 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 37 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-02-18 01:32:31 UTC
Depth
50.8 km (31.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.583° S, 71.457° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 5.5 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
34

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004rrv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC.