Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 50 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 50 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 11:54 PM GMT-4 (03:54 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 47 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-06-22 03:54:32 UTC
Depth
22.6 km (14.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.595° S, 71.724° 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 normal
Moment magnitude
4.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 28°, dip 46°, rake -47°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 155°, dip 58°, rake -125°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.0 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
133°
Stations used
109

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3745 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3745 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3740 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3738 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3738 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3735 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3733 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3732 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3729 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3725 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3723 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
  16. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  17. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3718 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3718 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3714 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 4.187 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3713 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 4.218 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3712 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3711 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  25. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3709 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3707 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 4.278 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3707 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 4.625 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3695 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 4.030 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3690 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 4.134 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3687 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away

Before

  1. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3747 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3747 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.145 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3748 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.853 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3750 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.526 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3750 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.713 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3751 days ago · 58 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3753 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.341 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3755 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.367 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3758 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.827 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3759 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 3.984 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3760 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 5.421 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 5.515 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3760 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  14. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.930 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3764 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 4.187 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 4.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3770 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 4.851 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3771 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200065ww. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.