M4.3 earthquake 54 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 54 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Nov 22, 2018, 1:36 AM GMT-3 (04:36 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 10 km SSW of Coquimbo, 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 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-22 04:36:08 UTC
- Depth
- 23.6 km (14.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.808° S, 71.716° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 159°
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.244 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2859 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.565 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2858 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.825 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2854 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 4.249 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2852 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 4.317 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2848 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2844 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 4.642 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2811 days ago · 62 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 6.710 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2809 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 790 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
- 4.315 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2809 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 4.416 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2809 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.020 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2809 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.737 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2869 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 5.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2880 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
- 4.3132 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2883 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.166 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2889 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.749 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2896 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hvb5. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:43 AM UTC.