M4.0 earthquake 83 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 83 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 5:18 PM GMT-3 (20:18 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-05 20:18:43 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.835° S, 72.027° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 166°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3093 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 389
- 4.711 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3077 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3101 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3060 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.251 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3053 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.340 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3052 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.641 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3046 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.183 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3098 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.451 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3100 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 4.139 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3101 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.776 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3102 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3104 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.426 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3126 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dv6l. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC.