M4.2 earthquake 57 km SW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 57 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Nov 2, 2017, 6:24 PM GMT-3 (21:24 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 23 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-02 21:24:11 UTC
- Depth
- 56.4 km (35.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.017° S, 71.556° 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, 14.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.763 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3248 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3245 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 27
- 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3234 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3208 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.198 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3194 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3253 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.356 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3255 days ago · 57 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3257 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3260 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3266 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.178 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3272 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 4.221 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3281 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bhck. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:19 AM UTC.