M3.9 earthquake 32 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

3.9 (mb), minor

Local time

Sat, Apr 9, 2016, 10:45 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-04-10 01:45:09 UTC

Depth

43.3 km (26.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.717° S, 71.516° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 8.8 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

108°

Stations used

35

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast33 kmWSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast87 kmS
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast315 kmNNW

After

1. 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 10, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
2. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 10, 3:10 PM GMT-3 · 3817 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
3. 3.749 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Apr 17, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3810 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
4. 4.930 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 17, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 3810 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
5. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 17, 4:24 PM GMT-3 · 3810 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 1:37 PM GMT-3 · 3808 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
7. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 9:46 PM GMT-3 · 3808 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
8. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 25, 7:20 PM GMT-3 · 3802 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
9. 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 1:24 AM GMT-3 · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
10. 4.288 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 5:55 AM GMT-3 · 3796 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
11. 4.428 km NW of Ovalle, ChileFri, May 6, 5:51 AM GMT-3 · 3791 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
12. 3.918 km NNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, May 6, 1:15 PM GMT-3 · 3791 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
13. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, May 7, 9:39 AM GMT-3 · 3790 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
14. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 11, 10:11 AM GMT-3 · 3786 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
15. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, May 11, 7:41 PM GMT-3 · 3786 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
16. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 12, 3:03 PM GMT-3 · 3785 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
17. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, May 17, 3:11 AM GMT-4 · 3780 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
18. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 18, 5:04 PM GMT-4 · 3779 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
19. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 19, 2:28 PM GMT-4 · 3778 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
20. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, May 22, 7:47 AM GMT-4 · 3775 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
21. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, ChileThu, May 26, 4:36 PM GMT-4 · 3771 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
22. 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, May 27, 1:48 PM GMT-4 · 3770 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
23. 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Jun 1, 5:47 PM GMT-4 · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
24. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Jun 2, 8:16 PM GMT-4 · 3764 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
25. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jun 3, 4:47 PM GMT-4 · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
26. 4.333 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Jun 4, 6:19 PM GMT-4 · 3762 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
27. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jun 6, 9:16 AM GMT-4 · 3760 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
28. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jun 6, 9:21 AM GMT-4 · 3760 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
29. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jun 7, 3:06 AM GMT-4 · 3759 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
30. 4.258 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Jun 8, 6:53 AM GMT-4 · 3758 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
31. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Jun 8, 7:37 AM GMT-4 · 3758 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
32. 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Jun 8, 3:12 PM GMT-4 · 3758 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away

Before

1. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
2. 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:49 AM GMT-3 · 3818 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
3. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Apr 6, 2:35 PM GMT-3 · 3821 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
4. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 4, 8:12 PM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
5. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
6. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 31, 11:40 PM GMT-3 · 3827 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
7. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3829 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
8. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 12:36 AM GMT-3 · 3830 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
9. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 9:27 PM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
10. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 5:56 AM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 38 km deep · 1 km away
11. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 25, 5:03 AM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
12. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 24, 7:14 PM GMT-3 · 3834 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
13. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Mar 23, 10:14 AM GMT-3 · 3835 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
14. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 21, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
15. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
16. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Mar 20, 5:01 PM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
17. 4.739 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 19, 9:24 AM GMT-3 · 3839 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
18. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 16, 10:41 AM GMT-3 · 3842 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
19. 4.274 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
20. 4.477 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Mar 16, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 3843 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005gqs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.