Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 47 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 47 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Oct 7, 2016, 8:59 PM GMT-3 (23:59 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 33 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-10-07 23:59:28 UTC
Depth
66.8 km (41.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.994° S, 71.406° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 153°, dip 83°, rake -99°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 27°, dip 12°, rake -36°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.1 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
81

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.157 km NE of Salamanca, Chile · 3637 days ago · 113 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.088 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3635 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.933 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3634 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.238 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3630 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.329 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3624 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.044 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3623 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3616 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.980 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3616 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.353 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3615 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3612 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.241 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3601 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.447 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3583 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.012 km ENE of Ovalle, Chile · 3639 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.026 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3641 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.660 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3651 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3656 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3657 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.210 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3663 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.879 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3663 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.287 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3663 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3667 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007cpf. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC.