M3.7 earthquake 54 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 54 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile on Sat, Mar 4, 2017, 10:52 PM GMT-3 (01:52 UTC), 28 km (17 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
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-05 01:52:06 UTC
- Depth
- 27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.354° S, 71.695° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 12.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.50
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 28
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3494 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 4.382 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3492 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.178 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3492 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 5.126 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3490 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 24
- 3.766 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3483 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.168 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3481 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3472 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 27
- 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3472 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3471 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.76 km NNW of Monte Patria, Chile · 3470 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.362 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3460 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 5.455 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3460 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 14
Before
- 4.055 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3510 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.090 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3511 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.477 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3516 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 4.29 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3516 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 9
- 4.480 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3525 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008719. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC.