M3.7 earthquake 63 km NW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 63 km NW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Nov 5, 2017, 9:13 PM GMT-3 (00:13 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 23 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-06 00:13:24 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.160° S, 71.552° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3241 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 27
- 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3230 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.372 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3214 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3204 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.474 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3189 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.257 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3247 days ago · 56 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3249 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.356 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3251 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3254 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3262 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.178 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3268 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bj1r. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 8:44 AM UTC.