M4.3 earthquake 46 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 46 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile on Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 5:39 AM GMT-4 (09:39 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 85 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-12 09:39:41 UTC
- Depth
- 31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.424° S, 71.640° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 50
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.885 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3333 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 6
- 4.393 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3332 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.179 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3329 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 9
- 4.085 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3328 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.237 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.486 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3295 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.427 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3289 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 4.435 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3284 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.221 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3280 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.98 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3278 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3274 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 8
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a7k7. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:28 AM UTC.