Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 66 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 66 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 12:22 PM GMT-3 (15:22 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-11-01 15:22:21 UTC
Depth
16.4 km (10.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.596° S, 71.893° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
132°
Stations used
48

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 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3132 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2882 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.445 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2882 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 5.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2879 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
  4. 4.211 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2869 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.354 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2867 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.244 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2858 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.565 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2857 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 4.825 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2853 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.249 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2851 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  10. 4.317 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2847 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2843 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.671 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2830 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.749 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2895 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 7
  2. 4.653 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2912 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i5dd. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.