Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 17 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Sun, Sep 18, 2016, 1:06 PM GMT-3 (16:06 UTC), 51 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 27 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (ml), light
Local time
UTC
2016-09-18 16:06:58 UTC
Depth
50.5 km (31.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.663° S, 71.372° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.5 km horizontally, 5.7 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3654 days ago · 48 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.215 km SSW of Vicuña, Chile · 3653 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.736 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3651 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.660 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3650 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.026 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3640 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.012 km ENE of Ovalle, Chile · 3638 days ago · 83 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3637 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.088 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3634 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.933 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3633 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.238 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3629 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.329 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3623 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 4.044 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3622 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3615 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 3.980 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3615 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3611 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.077 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3599 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.210 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3661 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.287 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3662 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3666 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3666 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.319 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3677 days ago · 49 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006qp7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC.