Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 39 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 39 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Jan 27, 2016, 10:16 AM GMT-3 (13:16 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 37 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-27 13:16:35 UTC
Depth
28.1 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.631° S, 71.615° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 357°, dip 27°, rake 100°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 166°, dip 63°, rake 85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.3 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
84°
Stations used
73

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3895 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3895 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3893 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3890 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3889 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3889 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3889 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3889 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 6.337 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 71
  10. 5.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 4.738 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 4.459 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3882 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 4.330 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3877 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3876 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3876 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 4.624 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3876 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3876 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 4.937 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3875 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  25. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3874 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 6.0105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3872 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
  27. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3872 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3872 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3871 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3871 days ago · 49 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3870 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3869 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  33. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3869 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 4.426 km SE of La Serena, Chile · 3869 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3868 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  36. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3868 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3868 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3864 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3862 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3861 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3856 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3855 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  43. 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3852 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  44. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3850 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 4.358 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3850 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3849 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
  48. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3849 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3848 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3845 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3844 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3844 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3843 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3841 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3840 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3840 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3839 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3838 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3899 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3899 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3903 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3904 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3905 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3905 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3908 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3912 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3913 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3914 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  12. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 26
  15. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3918 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3920 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3924 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3924 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3925 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004v1z. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC.