Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 68 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 68 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Mar 22, 2017, 9:54 PM GMT-3 (00:54 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 55 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-03-23 00:54:35 UTC
Depth
36.1 km (22.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.099° S, 71.619° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 14.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.52
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
175°
Stations used
40

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3467 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 27
  2. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3467 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3465 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.76 km NNW of Monte Patria, Chile · 3464 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 5.455 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3455 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 14
  6. 4.166 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3454 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.636 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3449 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.794 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3442 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.969 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3438 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3427 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3421 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 3.766 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3477 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 5.126 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3485 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 24
  3. 5.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3488 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.145 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3489 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.754 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3494 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.055 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3505 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008txi. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC.