Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 24 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 24 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Sat, Jan 21, 2017, 2:03 PM GMT-3 (17:03 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 77 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-21 17:03:55 UTC
Depth
49.0 km (30.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.667° S, 71.444° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 8°, dip 26°, rake 105°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 171°, dip 65°, rake 83°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.1 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.29 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 3538 days ago · 54 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.280 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3535 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.753 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3535 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.221 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3531 days ago · 73 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.018 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3530 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.29 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3515 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
  7. 5.477 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3515 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.055 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3509 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 3.754 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3498 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 5.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3493 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  11. 5.126 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3489 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 24
  12. 3.766 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3482 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 4.441 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3542 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.016 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3548 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 4.443 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3549 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.539 km NNE of Illapel, Chile · 3551 days ago · 93 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.884 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3554 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.941 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3557 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  7. 4.391 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3558 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 3.949 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3560 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.342 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3561 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.348 km E of Monte Patria, Chile · 3566 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007un2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC.