M4.2 earthquake 38 km W of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 5:37 AM GMT-3

UTC

2016-10-16 08:37:50 UTC

Depth

31.9 km (19.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.624° S, 71.599° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.1 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

128°

Stations used

40

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast38 kmW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast79 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast327 kmNNW

After

1. 4.329 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 21, 4:02 PM GMT-3 · 3624 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
2. 4.044 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 23, 3:09 AM GMT-3 · 3622 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
3. 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 29, 8:57 AM GMT-3 · 3616 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
4. 3.980 km NW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 30, 1:01 AM GMT-3 · 3615 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
5. 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Nov 2, 11:17 PM GMT-3 · 3611 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
6. 4.077 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 11, 12:16 AM GMT-3 · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
7. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 14, 7:11 AM GMT-3 · 3600 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
8. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 23, 1:43 PM GMT-3 · 3591 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
9. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 26, 9:31 PM GMT-3 · 3588 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
10. 4.5100 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 26, 9:54 PM GMT-3 · 3588 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.447 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 2, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3582 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
12. 4.949 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 8, 5:44 PM GMT-3 · 3576 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
13. 4.843 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 11, 10:40 PM GMT-3 · 3572 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 7
14. 4.144 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 13, 6:06 PM GMT-3 · 3571 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away

Before

1. 4.933 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 11, 10:59 PM GMT-3 · 3633 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
2. 4.088 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 10, 9:21 AM GMT-3 · 3635 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
3. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 7, 8:59 PM GMT-3 · 3638 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
4. 4.012 km ENE of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 6, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 3638 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
5. 4.026 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 5, 4:22 AM GMT-3 · 3640 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
6. 4.660 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 24, 10:23 PM GMT-3 · 3651 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
7. 3.736 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 23, 11:56 PM GMT-3 · 3651 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
8. 4.215 km SSW of Vicuña, ChileWed, Sep 21, 5:59 PM GMT-3 · 3654 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
9. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 20, 7:22 AM GMT-3 · 3655 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away
10. 4.117 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 18, 1:06 PM GMT-3 · 3657 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007eip. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC.