M4.5 earthquake 49 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 49 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 9:54 AM GMT-3 (12:54 UTC), 51 km (32 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-26 12:54:38 UTC
- Depth
- 50.9 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.014° S, 71.388° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.882 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3162 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.370 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3143 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.275 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3142 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.932 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3137 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.357 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3129 days ago · 60 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.732 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 3129 days ago · 60 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.426 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3126 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cpsr. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC.