Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 73 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 73 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Feb 4, 2016, 2:59 PM GMT-3 (17:59 UTC), 27 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
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-02-04 17:59:58 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.067° S, 71.751° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.8 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
159°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3889 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3889 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 4.495 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3887 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 6.337 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 71
  5. 5.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.738 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  10. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.459 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3882 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3881 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3878 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3877 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 4.624 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3876 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3876 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 4.937 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3875 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  20. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3874 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 6.0105 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3872 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
  22. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3872 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3872 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3871 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3871 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3870 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3869 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3869 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 3.955 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3868 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 3.7149 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3867 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 4.2102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3865 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3864 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3863 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 4.128 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3857 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3856 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3856 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  38. 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3853 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  39. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3851 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 4.358 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3850 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 11
  42. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3849 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3846 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3844 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 4.318 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3844 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3844 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3844 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 4.627 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3842 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3842 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3840 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3840 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3839 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3839 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3838 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3836 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3835 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3833 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3830 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4

Before

  1. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3890 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3891 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3893 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3895 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3895 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3898 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3899 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3900 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3904 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3904 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3905 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3905 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3908 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3912 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3913 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3915 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  18. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 26

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004yzf. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:24 AM UTC.