Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 83 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 83 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 2:59 AM GMT-3 (05:59 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 56 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-04-05 05:59:26 UTC
Depth
24.1 km (15.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.572° S, 72.069° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
39

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.083 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3096 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 6.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3092 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 389
  3. 4.840 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3086 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  4. 3.430 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3086 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  5. 4.711 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3076 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  6. 4.3101 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3059 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3052 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 4.340 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3050 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.139 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3099 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.776 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3101 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.341 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3103 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.426 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3125 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dute. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC.