Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 25 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 25 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, May 19, 2016, 2:28 PM GMT-4 (18:28 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 15 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-05-19 18:28:33 UTC
Depth
45.6 km (28.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.712° S, 71.437° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.5 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
135

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3783 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3779 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3778 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3771 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3771 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.333 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3769 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3768 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  8. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3768 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3767 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3766 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3766 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3766 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.341 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3763 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.713 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3758 days ago · 58 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 4.526 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3757 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3757 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 4.145 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3755 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3755 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3754 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3752 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3752 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  23. 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3752 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3749 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3747 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3745 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3745 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3742 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3740 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  30. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3739 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3737 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3737 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3733 days ago · 49 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3731 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3726 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3726 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  37. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3726 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  38. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3726 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3787 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3788 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3793 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3793 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3794 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  6. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3798 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.918 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3799 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.428 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3799 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 4.288 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3809 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3815 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005ik2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC.