M4.7 earthquake 6 km NNW of Monte Patria, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Monte Patria, Chile on Mon, Apr 3, 2017, 3:56 AM GMT-3 (06:56 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 55 km SW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-03 06:56:57 UTC
- Depth
- 82.0 km (50.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 30.642° S, 70.995° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.455 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3456 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 14
- 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3415 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 4.462 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3415 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.424 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3411 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 4.15 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3408 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 4.340 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3408 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3467 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3468 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3468 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 27
- 4.168 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3477 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.766 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3479 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.126 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3486 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 24
- 3.754 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3495 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008e15. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:50 AM UTC.