M4.7 earthquake 32 km S of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 32 km S of Ovalle, Chile on Sun, Mar 4, 2018, 12:36 PM GMT-3 (15:36 UTC), 60 km (37 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-04 15:36:24 UTC
- Depth
- 59.9 km (37.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.894° S, 71.257° 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, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.426 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3124 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 4.341 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3102 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.139 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3098 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.451 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3098 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 4.183 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3096 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.083 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3095 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 6.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3090 days ago · 66 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 389
- 4.711 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3075 days ago · 56 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dc2e. Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.