Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 78 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 78 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 7:28 PM GMT-3 (22:28 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 23 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-10-12 22:28:06 UTC
Depth
20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.086° S, 71.793° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.1 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3270 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.3101 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3266 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3261 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.356 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3259 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3257 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.257 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3255 days ago · 56 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 3.763 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3252 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3249 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 27
  10. 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3237 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 4.221 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3285 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.199 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3289 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
  3. 4.3103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3292 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 21
  4. 4.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3299 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.2113 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3299 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.9118 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3300 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.486 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3300 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.396 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3300 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.3102 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3300 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 5.993 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3300 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 115

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ar4s. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.