Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 53 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 53 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Sat, Apr 9, 2016, 2:30 PM GMT-3 (17:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 32 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-04-09 17:30:03 UTC
Depth
33.3 km (20.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.656° S, 71.757° 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
3.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 13°, dip 25°, rake 106°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 176°, dip 66°, rake 83°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.2 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Stations used
0

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 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3818 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3817 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.275 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3815 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.749 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3810 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3810 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3810 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3808 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3808 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3802 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.288 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 4.428 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3792 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 3.918 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3791 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3790 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3786 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  17. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3786 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3785 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3781 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3779 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3778 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  22. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3775 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  23. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3771 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  24. 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3770 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3764 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  29. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3760 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3758 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3758 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3819 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3821 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
  3. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3823 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  5. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3827 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3829 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3830 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3832 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3833 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3834 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3834 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3835 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3837 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3838 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3838 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3839 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3843 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 5.368 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 11

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005gll. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.