M4.2 earthquake 78 km W of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sat, Jul 30, 2016, 5:38 AM GMT-4

UTC

2016-07-30 09:38:40 UTC

Depth

18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.552° S, 72.013° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.4 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

134°

Stations used

39

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast78 kmW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast93 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast348 kmNNW

After

1. 4.625 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Aug 10, 1:37 PM GMT-4 · 3705 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
2. 4.030 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Aug 16, 6:27 AM GMT-3 · 3699 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
3. 4.134 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Aug 19, 12:35 AM GMT-3 · 3697 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
4. 4.4107 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Aug 23, 8:57 AM GMT-3 · 3692 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
5. 4.319 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Aug 29, 1:04 AM GMT-3 · 3687 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
6. 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 8, 10:59 AM GMT-3 · 3676 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
7. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 8, 10:01 PM GMT-3 · 3676 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
8. 4.287 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Sep 13, 5:28 AM GMT-3 · 3671 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
9. 4.210 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 13, 7:14 AM GMT-3 · 3671 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
10. 4.117 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 18, 1:06 PM GMT-3 · 3666 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 20, 7:22 AM GMT-3 · 3664 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
12. 3.736 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 23, 11:56 PM GMT-3 · 3661 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.660 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 24, 10:23 PM GMT-3 · 3660 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Jul 29, 10:45 AM GMT-4 · 3717 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
2. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jul 27, 8:34 PM GMT-4 · 3719 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
3. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jul 25, 10:59 AM GMT-4 · 3721 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
4. 4.218 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jul 25, 12:21 AM GMT-4 · 3722 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
5. 4.187 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jul 23, 10:18 AM GMT-4 · 3723 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
6. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jul 22, 3:45 PM GMT-4 · 3724 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
7. 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jul 19, 3:59 AM GMT-4 · 3727 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
8. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jul 19, 1:18 AM GMT-4 · 3728 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
9. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jul 19, 12:33 AM GMT-4 · 3728 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
10. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jul 18, 9:58 AM GMT-4 · 3728 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
11. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jul 18, 4:59 AM GMT-4 · 3728 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
12. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jul 17, 10:58 PM GMT-4 · 3729 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
13. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Jul 17, 9:13 PM GMT-4 · 3729 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
14. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jul 13, 10:41 AM GMT-4 · 3733 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
15. 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jul 11, 12:15 PM GMT-4 · 3735 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
16. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jul 11, 9:27 AM GMT-4 · 3735 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
17. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jul 7, 5:54 PM GMT-4 · 3739 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
18. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jul 6, 7:56 PM GMT-4 · 3740 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
19. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jul 5, 5:53 AM GMT-4 · 3741 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
20. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jul 1, 6:20 PM GMT-4 · 3745 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100068qx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC.