M4.1 earthquake 26 km SSW of Monte Patria, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 26 km SSW of Monte Patria, Chile on Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 5:46 AM GMT-4 (09:46 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 17 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
- 4.1 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-16 09:46:59 UTC
- Depth
- 79.5 km (49.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 30.923° S, 71.050° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
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
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 307°, dip 72°, rake -76°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 88°, dip 23°, rake -127°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.2 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 74
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3377 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 15
- 4.053 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3347 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.163 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3345 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.346 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3330 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.258 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3328 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 4.324 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3327 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3391 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.757 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3391 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 155
- 4.049 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3400 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.340 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3404 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.15 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3404 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.424 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3406 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3411 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009mys. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.