M4.0 earthquake 49 km NW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 49 km NW of Ovalle, Chile on Sat, Jun 3, 2017, 1:17 PM GMT-4 (17:17 UTC), 31 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 17 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
- 4.0 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-03 17:17:17 UTC
- Depth
- 31.5 km (19.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.342° S, 71.613° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.175 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3402 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.126 km SSW of Monte Patria, Chile · 3391 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 5.117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3380 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 15
- 4.074 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3375 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.053 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3351 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.163 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3348 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.340 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3407 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.15 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3407 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.424 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3409 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 4.462 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3414 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3414 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009kim. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC.