Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 21 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Oct 4, 2017, 5:25 AM GMT-3 (08:25 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 23 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-10-04 08:25:34 UTC
Depth
43.1 km (26.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.697° S, 71.396° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.98 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3279 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3275 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 8
  3. 4.178 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3272 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3265 days ago · 50 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.3101 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3262 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3259 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3257 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.356 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3255 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3252 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 4.257 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3251 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 3.763 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3248 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.467 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3247 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3244 days ago · 45 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 27
  14. 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3233 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 4.435 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3285 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.427 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3289 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  3. 4.486 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3296 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.237 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b0vp. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC.