Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 63 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 63 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 9:58 AM GMT-4 (13:58 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 69 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-07-18 13:58:19 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.707° S, 71.852° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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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
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 63°, dip 24°, rake 165°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 166°, dip 84°, rake 67°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.9 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
88°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3718 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3714 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.187 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3713 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.218 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3712 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3711 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3709 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3707 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.637 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3707 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.278 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3707 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 5.046 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3697 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 4.625 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3695 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 4.030 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3690 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 4.134 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3687 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.4107 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3682 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 4.319 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3677 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3666 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3666 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 4.287 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3662 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 3.879 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3661 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 4.210 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3661 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  2. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  3. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3723 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3725 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3729 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3732 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3733 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3735 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3738 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3738 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3740 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3742 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3744 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 5.147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3745 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.450 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3745 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3746 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3747 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006fj1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.