M4.3 earthquake 29 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.3 (mwr), light

Local time

Fri, Oct 21, 2016, 4:02 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-10-21 19:02:32 UTC

Depth

42.3 km (26.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.707° S, 71.477° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.3 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 180°, dip 64°, rake 93°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 352°, dip 27°, rake 83°

Location uncertainty

About 3.2 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

99°

Stations used

43

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast29 kmWSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast85 kmS
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast316 kmNNW

After

1. 4.044 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 23, 3:09 AM GMT-3 · 3623 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
2. 4.335 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 29, 8:57 AM GMT-3 · 3617 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
3. 3.980 km NW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 30, 1:01 AM GMT-3 · 3616 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
4. 3.948 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Nov 2, 11:17 PM GMT-3 · 3612 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
5. 4.077 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 11, 12:16 AM GMT-3 · 3604 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
6. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 14, 7:11 AM GMT-3 · 3601 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
7. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 23, 1:43 PM GMT-3 · 3592 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
8. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 26, 9:31 PM GMT-3 · 3588 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
9. 4.5100 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 26, 9:54 PM GMT-3 · 3588 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.447 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 2, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 3583 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
11. 5.260 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 8, 5:42 PM GMT-3 · 3577 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 16
12. 4.949 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 8, 5:44 PM GMT-3 · 3577 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
13. 4.445 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 9, 12:09 PM GMT-3 · 3576 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
14. 4.843 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 11, 10:40 PM GMT-3 · 3573 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
15. 4.144 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 13, 6:06 PM GMT-3 · 3572 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
16. 5.244 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 16, 8:11 PM GMT-3 · 3569 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
17. 4.053 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 16, 8:56 PM GMT-3 · 3568 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
18. 4.140 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Dec 17, 5:06 AM GMT-3 · 3568 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
19. 3.845 km W of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Dec 19, 2:19 AM GMT-3 · 3566 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
20. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Dec 19, 12:36 PM GMT-3 · 3566 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2

Before

1. 4.238 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 16, 5:37 AM GMT-3 · 3630 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
2. 4.933 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 11, 10:59 PM GMT-3 · 3634 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
3. 4.088 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 10, 9:21 AM GMT-3 · 3636 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
4. 4.647 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 7, 8:59 PM GMT-3 · 3638 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
5. 4.012 km ENE of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 6, 10:27 PM GMT-3 · 3639 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
6. 4.026 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 5, 4:22 AM GMT-3 · 3641 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
7. 4.660 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 24, 10:23 PM GMT-3 · 3651 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
8. 3.736 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 23, 11:56 PM GMT-3 · 3652 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.215 km SSW of Vicuña, ChileWed, Sep 21, 5:59 PM GMT-3 · 3655 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007fzi. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.