M4.9 earthquake 30 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.9 (mwr), light

Local time

Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 11:59 AM GMT-3

UTC

2016-04-17 14:59:45 UTC

Depth

40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.753° S, 71.461° W

Region

Chile

Felt reports

2

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.4 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 1°, dip 75°, rake 90°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 179°, dip 15°, rake 88°

Location uncertainty

About 4.8 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

75°

Stations used

159

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast30 kmSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast90 kmS
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast310 kmNNW

After

1. 4.270 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 17, 4:24 PM GMT-3 · 3813 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 1:37 PM GMT-3 · 3811 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
3. 3.752 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Apr 19, 9:46 PM GMT-3 · 3811 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
4. 4.666 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 25, 7:20 PM GMT-3 · 3805 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
5. 4.291 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 1:24 AM GMT-3 · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
6. 4.288 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, May 1, 5:55 AM GMT-3 · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
7. 4.428 km NW of Ovalle, ChileFri, May 6, 5:51 AM GMT-3 · 3795 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
8. 3.918 km NNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, May 6, 1:15 PM GMT-3 · 3794 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
9. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, May 7, 9:39 AM GMT-3 · 3794 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
10. 5.453 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 11, 10:11 AM GMT-3 · 3789 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
11. 4.118 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, May 11, 7:41 PM GMT-3 · 3789 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
12. 4.357 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 12, 3:03 PM GMT-3 · 3788 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
13. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, May 17, 3:11 AM GMT-4 · 3784 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
14. 4.257 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, May 18, 5:04 PM GMT-4 · 3782 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
15. 4.625 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, May 19, 2:28 PM GMT-4 · 3781 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
16. 5.146 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, May 22, 7:47 AM GMT-4 · 3779 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
17. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, ChileThu, May 26, 4:36 PM GMT-4 · 3774 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
18. 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, May 27, 1:48 PM GMT-4 · 3773 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
19. 4.725 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, May 30, 8:41 AM GMT-4 · 3771 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
20. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Jun 2, 8:16 PM GMT-4 · 3767 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
21. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jun 3, 4:47 PM GMT-4 · 3766 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
22. 4.333 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Jun 4, 6:19 PM GMT-4 · 3765 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
23. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jun 6, 9:16 AM GMT-4 · 3763 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
24. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jun 6, 9:21 AM GMT-4 · 3763 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
25. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jun 7, 3:06 AM GMT-4 · 3763 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
26. 4.258 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Jun 8, 6:53 AM GMT-4 · 3762 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
27. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Jun 8, 7:37 AM GMT-4 · 3762 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
28. 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Jun 8, 3:12 PM GMT-4 · 3761 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
29. 4.341 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jun 11, 9:44 AM GMT-4 · 3758 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
30. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jun 14, 7:43 AM GMT-4 · 3756 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
31. 4.713 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jun 15, 9:14 PM GMT-4 · 3754 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away

Before

1. 3.749 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Apr 17, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3813 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
2. 4.661 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Apr 10, 3:10 PM GMT-3 · 3820 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
3. 4.399 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Apr 10, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 3820 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
4. 3.932 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 10:45 PM GMT-3 · 3821 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
5. 3.853 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 3821 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
6. 4.145 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Apr 9, 2:49 AM GMT-3 · 3822 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
7. 5.360 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Apr 6, 2:35 PM GMT-3 · 3824 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
8. 4.335 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Apr 4, 8:12 PM GMT-3 · 3826 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
9. 5.372 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Apr 4, 9:32 AM GMT-3 · 3827 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
10. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 31, 11:40 PM GMT-3 · 3830 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
11. 4.083 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3832 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
12. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Mar 29, 12:36 AM GMT-3 · 3833 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
13. 4.351 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 9:27 PM GMT-3 · 3835 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
14. 4.531 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 26, 5:56 AM GMT-3 · 3836 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
15. 4.833 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 25, 5:03 AM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
16. 3.852 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Mar 24, 7:14 PM GMT-3 · 3837 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
17. 4.555 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Mar 23, 10:14 AM GMT-3 · 3838 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
18. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Mar 21, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 3840 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
19. 4.561 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Mar 20, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 3841 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
20. 4.335 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Mar 20, 5:01 PM GMT-3 · 3841 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005j8a. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC.