M4.3 earthquake 45 km NW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 45 km NW of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 11:10 PM GMT-4 (03:10 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 50 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
- 4.3 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-21 03:10:30 UTC
- Depth
- 29.4 km (18.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.337° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 72
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.750 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3017 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.457 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3014 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.315 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3013 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3007 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.476 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3006 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.140 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2997 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2996 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.638 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2991 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.125 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2970 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.427 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2964 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ex2d. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC.