M4.2 earthquake 83 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Tue, Feb 16, 2016, 12:49 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-02-16 15:49:34 UTC

Depth

18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.443° S, 72.052° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.4 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.53

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

201°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

24

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast84 kmWNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast88 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast360 kmNNW

After

1. 4.330 km S of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Feb 16, 1:50 PM GMT-3 · 3871 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
2. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Feb 17, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3870 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
3. 4.386 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 17, 12:22 PM GMT-3 · 3870 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
4. 4.624 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 17, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 3869 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
5. 4.154 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 18, 12:52 AM GMT-3 · 3869 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
6. 4.937 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 19, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 3868 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
7. 4.344 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Feb 20, 2:19 AM GMT-3 · 3867 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
8. 6.0105 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 22, 3:36 AM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
9. 4.599 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Feb 22, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
10. 4.037 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:39 AM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
11. 3.783 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 22, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
12. 4.024 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 23, 6:50 AM GMT-3 · 3864 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
13. 4.064 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Feb 23, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
14. 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Feb 24, 2:02 PM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
15. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Feb 24, 4:09 PM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
16. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 25, 8:27 AM GMT-3 · 3862 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 25, 8:49 AM GMT-3 · 3862 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
18. 3.7149 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 26, 8:34 PM GMT-3 · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
19. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 1, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3857 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
20. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Mar 2, 11:29 PM GMT-3 · 3855 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
21. 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Mar 3, 10:47 AM GMT-3 · 3855 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
22. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 9, 6:40 AM GMT-3 · 3849 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
23. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 9, 10:28 AM GMT-3 · 3849 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
24. 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Mar 12, 1:05 PM GMT-3 · 3846 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
25. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 14, 10:21 AM GMT-3 · 3844 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
26. 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Mar 15, 8:44 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
27. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
28. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
29. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
30. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 16, 10:41 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
31. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 19, 9:24 AM GMT-3 · 3839 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
32. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Mar 20, 5:01 PM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
33. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 21, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
34. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Mar 23, 10:14 AM GMT-3 · 3835 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
35. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 24, 7:14 PM GMT-3 · 3834 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
36. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 25, 5:03 AM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
37. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 5:56 AM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
38. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 9:27 PM GMT-3 · 3831 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
39. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 12:36 AM GMT-3 · 3829 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
40. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3829 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
41. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 31, 11:40 PM GMT-3 · 3826 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
42. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
43. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 4, 8:12 PM GMT-3 · 3822 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
44. 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:49 AM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
45. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
46. 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 10:45 PM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
47. 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 10, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
48. 4.275 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Apr 12, 7:16 PM GMT-3 · 3815 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away

Before

1. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 12, 12:51 AM GMT-3 · 3875 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
2. 4.459 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 10, 10:15 AM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
3. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 10, 4:25 AM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
4. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 10:14 PM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
5. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 10:04 PM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
6. 4.738 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 9:59 PM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
7. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 9:52 PM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
8. 5.044 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 9:47 PM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
9. 6.337 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 9:33 PM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 71
10. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
11. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:24 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
12. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
13. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
14. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 3, 2:20 PM GMT-3 · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
15. 4.381 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Feb 3, 1:08 PM GMT-3 · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
16. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 1, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 3886 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
17. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 30, 6:27 AM GMT-3 · 3888 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
18. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Jan 29, 5:07 PM GMT-3 · 3889 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
19. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 27, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 3891 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
20. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jan 26, 6:08 AM GMT-3 · 3892 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200050ks. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.