M4.8 earthquake 82 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 82 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 1:34 PM GMT-3 (16:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-30 16:34:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.436° S, 72.041° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.32
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.746 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3164 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.042 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3142 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.357 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3134 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.732 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 3134 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.426 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3131 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 4.341 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3108 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cznj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC.