M4.0 earthquake 26 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.0 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, Oct 5, 2016, 4:22 AM GMT-3

UTC

2016-10-05 07:22:39 UTC

Depth

39.8 km (24.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.679° S, 71.456° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.7 km horizontally, 16.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

96°

Stations used

37

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast26 kmWSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast81 kmS
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast318 kmNNW

After

1. 4.012 km ENE of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 6, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 3649 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
2. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 7, 8:59 PM GMT-3 · 3648 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away
3. 4.088 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 10, 9:21 AM GMT-3 · 3646 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
4. 4.933 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 11, 10:59 PM GMT-3 · 3644 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
5. 4.238 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 16, 5:37 AM GMT-3 · 3640 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
6. 4.329 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 21, 4:02 PM GMT-3 · 3635 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
7. 4.044 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 23, 3:09 AM GMT-3 · 3633 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
8. 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 29, 8:57 AM GMT-3 · 3627 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
9. 3.980 km NW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 30, 1:01 AM GMT-3 · 3626 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
10. 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Nov 2, 11:17 PM GMT-3 · 3622 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
11. 4.077 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 11, 12:16 AM GMT-3 · 3614 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
12. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 14, 7:11 AM GMT-3 · 3611 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
13. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 23, 1:43 PM GMT-3 · 3602 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
14. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 26, 9:31 PM GMT-3 · 3598 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
15. 4.5100 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 26, 9:54 PM GMT-3 · 3598 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
16. 4.447 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 2, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3593 days ago · 51 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.660 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 24, 10:23 PM GMT-3 · 3661 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
2. 3.736 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 23, 11:56 PM GMT-3 · 3662 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.215 km SSW of Vicuña, ChileWed, Sep 21, 5:59 PM GMT-3 · 3665 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
4. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 20, 7:22 AM GMT-3 · 3666 days ago · 48 km deep · 2 km away
5. 4.117 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 18, 1:06 PM GMT-3 · 3668 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.210 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 13, 7:14 AM GMT-3 · 3673 days ago · 47 km deep · 19 km away
7. 4.287 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Sep 13, 5:28 AM GMT-3 · 3673 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
8. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 8, 10:01 PM GMT-3 · 3677 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
9. 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 8, 10:59 AM GMT-3 · 3678 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006v3w. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC.