Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 71 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 71 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Oct 27, 2017, 5:38 PM GMT-3 (20:38 UTC), 18 km (11 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
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-10-27 20:38:53 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.551° S, 71.938° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2138 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3257 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.356 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3256 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3254 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.257 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3252 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.763 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3249 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.467 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3249 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3246 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 27
  8. 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3235 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.368 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3217 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.470 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3217 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3209 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 4.3101 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3264 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3267 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.178 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3273 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3276 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 8
  6. 3.98 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3280 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.221 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3282 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.435 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3287 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000axtw. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.