Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 52 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Mar 24, 2016, 7:14 PM GMT-3 (22:14 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 33 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-03-24 22:14:37 UTC
Depth
28.1 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.394° S, 71.695° 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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Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
3.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 59°, dip 53°, rake 126°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 188°, dip 50°, rake 51°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.8 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
188°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3835 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3834 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3833 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3831 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3830 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3828 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.026 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3827 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3825 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  9. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3824 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3820 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3819 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3819 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3819 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 4.275 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3816 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.749 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3812 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3812 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  17. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3810 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3809 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3803 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 4.871 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 4.2128 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 4.288 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 4.428 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3793 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 3.918 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3793 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3792 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3788 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  28. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3787 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3786 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3780 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3779 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  32. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3777 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3837 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3839 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3839 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3841 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3844 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3844 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3844 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3844 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
  9. 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3845 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3846 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3848 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  12. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3851 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  13. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3851 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3857 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3857 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3859 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 4.351 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3864 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 4.834 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3864 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.426 km SE of La Serena, Chile · 3864 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3864 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005cbu. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC.