M4.2 earthquake 49 km W of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 49 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 8:16 AM GMT-3 (11:16 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 82 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-16 11:16:50 UTC
- Depth
- 35.8 km (22.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.655° S, 71.714° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 182°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.198 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3193 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.549 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3165 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.882 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3161 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.746 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3158 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c57m. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC.