M4.3 earthquake 40 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 40 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, May 30, 2017, 5:29 PM GMT-4 (21:29 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 57 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-30 21:29:06 UTC
- Depth
- 28.5 km (17.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.674° S, 71.612° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.53
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.049 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3407 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.757 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3399 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 155
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3399 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.126 km SSW of Monte Patria, Chile · 3395 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 5.117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3384 days ago · 53 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 15
- 4.053 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3355 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.163 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3352 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.15 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3411 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 4.424 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3414 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 4.462 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3418 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3418 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3432 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008wpq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:49 AM UTC.