M4.6 earthquake 25 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 25 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 1:37 PM GMT-4 (17:37 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.6	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
4.4	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Combarbala, Coquimbo, Hurtado, La Serena, Ovalle and Punitaqui; (III) at Andacollo and Monte Patria.

From the USGS event page for us10006cnb. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006cnb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC.