M4.2 earthquake 51 km W of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Fri, Jul 22, 2016, 3:45 PM GMT-4

UTC

2016-07-22 19:45:46 UTC

Depth

33.9 km (21.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.693° S, 71.729° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.8 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

126°

Stations used

49

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast52 kmWSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast90 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast324 kmNNW

After

1. 4.187 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jul 23, 10:18 AM GMT-4 · 3713 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
2. 4.218 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jul 25, 12:21 AM GMT-4 · 3712 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
3. 4.738 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jul 25, 10:59 AM GMT-4 · 3711 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
4. 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jul 27, 8:34 PM GMT-4 · 3709 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
5. 4.487 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Jul 29, 10:45 AM GMT-4 · 3707 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
6. 4.637 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jul 29, 12:52 PM GMT-4 · 3707 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
7. 4.278 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Jul 30, 5:38 AM GMT-4 · 3707 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
8. 5.046 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Aug 8, 8:24 AM GMT-4 · 3698 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
9. 4.625 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Aug 10, 1:37 PM GMT-4 · 3695 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
10. 4.030 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Aug 16, 6:27 AM GMT-3 · 3690 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
11. 4.134 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Aug 19, 12:35 AM GMT-3 · 3687 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
12. 4.4107 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Aug 23, 8:57 AM GMT-3 · 3683 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
13. 4.319 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Aug 29, 1:04 AM GMT-3 · 3677 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
14. 4.4103 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 8, 10:59 AM GMT-3 · 3666 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
15. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 8, 10:01 PM GMT-3 · 3666 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
16. 4.287 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Sep 13, 5:28 AM GMT-3 · 3662 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
17. 4.210 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 13, 7:14 AM GMT-3 · 3662 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
18. 4.117 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 18, 1:06 PM GMT-3 · 3656 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
19. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 20, 7:22 AM GMT-3 · 3655 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away

Before

1. 4.682 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jul 19, 3:59 AM GMT-4 · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
2. 5.869 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jul 19, 1:18 AM GMT-4 · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
3. 4.035 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jul 19, 12:33 AM GMT-4 · 3718 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
4. 4.863 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jul 18, 9:58 AM GMT-4 · 3718 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
5. 5.067 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jul 18, 4:59 AM GMT-4 · 3719 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
6. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jul 17, 10:58 PM GMT-4 · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
7. 4.543 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Jul 17, 9:13 PM GMT-4 · 3719 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
8. 4.28 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jul 13, 10:41 AM GMT-4 · 3723 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
9. 4.777 km W of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jul 11, 12:15 PM GMT-4 · 3725 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
10. 4.922 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jul 11, 9:27 AM GMT-4 · 3725 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
11. 4.135 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jul 7, 5:54 PM GMT-4 · 3729 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
12. 4.544 km NW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jul 6, 7:56 PM GMT-4 · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
13. 4.059 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jul 5, 5:53 AM GMT-4 · 3732 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
14. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jul 3, 8:13 PM GMT-4 · 3733 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
15. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jul 1, 6:20 PM GMT-4 · 3735 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
16. 4.472 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jun 28, 11:54 PM GMT-4 · 3738 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
17. 4.854 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jun 28, 7:07 PM GMT-4 · 3738 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
18. 4.245 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Jun 26, 6:52 PM GMT-4 · 3740 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
19. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jun 24, 8:47 PM GMT-4 · 3742 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006gvv. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC.