M4.2 earthquake 36 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 36 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Nov 1, 2017, 2:57 AM GMT-3 (05:57 UTC), 43 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 23 km WSW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-01 05:57:43 UTC
- Depth
- 42.6 km (26.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.713° S, 71.557° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 35
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 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.257 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3255 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.763 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3252 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.467 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3252 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3249 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 27
- 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3238 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3212 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.198 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3198 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.356 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3259 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3261 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3101 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3267 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3270 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.178 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3276 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3279 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
- 3.98 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3283 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.221 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3285 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000aznc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:58 AM UTC.