M4.1 earthquake 63 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 63 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 3:53 PM GMT-4 (19:53 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 46 km WNW 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
- 4.1 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-28 19:53:45 UTC
- Depth
- 17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.740° S, 71.846° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 258°, dip 40°, rake -6°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 352°, dip 86°, rake -130°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.4 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.346 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3330 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.885 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3330 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
- 4.393 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3329 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.258 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3328 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 5.179 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3326 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 9
- 4.237 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3305 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.486 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3292 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.427 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3286 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a2cc. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.