Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 47 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 47 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Jul 5, 2018, 3:47 AM GMT-4 (07:47 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 32 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-07-05 07:47:38 UTC
Depth
33.4 km (20.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.579° S, 71.688° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.37
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
198°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.476 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3007 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.140 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2998 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.148 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2996 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.638 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2992 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.144 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2985 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.991 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2981 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.427 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2965 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.248 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2962 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2960 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.2108 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2955 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 5.032 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2955 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 14
  12. 4.060 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2949 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.560 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3012 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.315 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3013 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.457 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3014 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.750 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3017 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.345 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3022 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 4.222 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3023 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fx9g. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:07 AM UTC.