M4.1 earthquake 39 km NW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 39 km NW of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 10:36 AM GMT-3 (13:36 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 56 km SW 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
- 4.1 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-02 13:36:17 UTC
- Depth
- 31.8 km (19.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.315° S, 71.437° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 15.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.183 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3101 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.083 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3101 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 6.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3096 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 389
- 4.840 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3090 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 3.430 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3090 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 4.711 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3080 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 6
- 4.817 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3072 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 13
- 4.3101 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3063 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3057 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.340 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3055 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 4.776 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3105 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3107 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.426 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3130 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 4.732 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 3133 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.357 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3133 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dce1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC.