Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 47 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 47 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Dec 2, 2016, 12:49 AM GMT-3 (03:49 UTC), 51 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 60 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-12-02 03:49:57 UTC
Depth
50.6 km (31.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.905° S, 71.541° 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 II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 7°, dip 81°, rake 72°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 251°, dip 20°, rake 152°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.6 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.470 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3583 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 5.260 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3582 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 16
  3. 4.949 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3582 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.445 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3582 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.843 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3579 days ago · 50 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 7
  6. 4.144 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3577 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 5.244 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3574 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  8. 4.053 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3574 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.140 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3574 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.013 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3573 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  12. 4.391 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3556 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.941 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3556 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  14. 4.539 km NNE of Illapel, Chile · 3550 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.443 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3547 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  16. 4.016 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3547 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 4.441 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3541 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  18. 4.124 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3539 days ago · 49 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.29 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 3537 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  20. 4.280 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3534 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 4.753 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3533 days ago · 57 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.5100 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3594 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3594 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3607 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.241 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3608 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3618 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007e6v. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC.