M4.9 earthquake 23 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 23 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Nov 9, 2017, 4:36 AM GMT-3 (07:36 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-09 07:36:58 UTC
- Depth
- 45.2 km (28.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.700° S, 71.420° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 27
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
27 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.9 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 160°, dip 53°, rake 72°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 8°, dip 41°, rake 112°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.8 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 80
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3233 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3207 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.198 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3194 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.467 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3247 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.763 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3248 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3251 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3252 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.356 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3255 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3257 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3259 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3101 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3262 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3265 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.178 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3272 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bkrs. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:20 PM UTC.