M4.3 earthquake 51 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.3 (mwr), light

Local time

Sat, Mar 26, 2016, 9:27 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-03-27 00:27:54 UTC

Depth

29.7 km (18.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.419° S, 71.697° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.3 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 360°, dip 29°, rake 100°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 168°, dip 62°, rake 85°

Location uncertainty

About 5.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

113°

Stations used

68

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast52 kmWNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast62 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast352 kmNNW

After

1. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 12:36 AM GMT-3 · 3830 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
2. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3829 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
3. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 31, 11:40 PM GMT-3 · 3827 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
4. 4.026 km NNW of La Serena, ChileSat, Apr 2, 12:13 PM GMT-3 · 3826 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
5. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3824 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
6. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 4, 8:12 PM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
7. 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:49 AM GMT-3 · 3819 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
8. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 3819 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
9. 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 10:45 PM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
10. 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 10, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
11. 4.275 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Apr 12, 7:16 PM GMT-3 · 3815 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
12. 3.749 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Apr 17, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3811 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
13. 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 17, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 3811 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
14. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 1:37 PM GMT-3 · 3809 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
15. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 9:46 PM GMT-3 · 3808 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
16. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 25, 7:20 PM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
17. 4.871 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Apr 29, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
18. 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 1:24 AM GMT-3 · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
19. 4.288 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 5:55 AM GMT-3 · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
20. 4.428 km NW of Ovalle, ChileFri, May 6, 5:51 AM GMT-3 · 3792 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
21. 3.918 km NNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, May 6, 1:15 PM GMT-3 · 3792 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
22. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, May 7, 9:39 AM GMT-3 · 3791 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
23. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 11, 10:11 AM GMT-3 · 3787 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
24. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, May 11, 7:41 PM GMT-3 · 3786 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
25. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 12, 3:03 PM GMT-3 · 3786 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
26. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, May 17, 3:11 AM GMT-4 · 3781 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
27. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 18, 5:04 PM GMT-4 · 3779 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
28. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 19, 2:28 PM GMT-4 · 3779 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
29. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, May 22, 7:47 AM GMT-4 · 3776 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2

Before

1. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 5:56 AM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
2. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 25, 5:03 AM GMT-3 · 3834 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
3. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 24, 7:14 PM GMT-3 · 3834 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
4. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Mar 23, 10:14 AM GMT-3 · 3836 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
5. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 21, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
6. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Mar 20, 5:01 PM GMT-3 · 3839 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
7. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 19, 9:24 AM GMT-3 · 3840 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
8. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 16, 10:41 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
9. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
10. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
11. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 11
12. 4.564 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Mar 15, 8:44 AM GMT-3 · 3844 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
13. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 14, 10:21 AM GMT-3 · 3845 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
14. 5.144 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Mar 12, 1:05 PM GMT-3 · 3847 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
15. 4.822 km NW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 9, 10:28 AM GMT-3 · 3850 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
16. 4.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 9, 6:40 AM GMT-3 · 3850 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
17. 4.218 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Mar 3, 10:47 AM GMT-3 · 3856 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
18. 4.366 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Mar 2, 11:29 PM GMT-3 · 3856 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
19. 4.053 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 1, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3858 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005cmd. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:46 AM UTC.