M4.3 earthquake 49 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 49 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Mar 10, 2020, 9:00 PM GMT-3 (00:00 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 32 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-11 00:00:38 UTC
- Depth
- 28.2 km (17.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.410° S, 71.661° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.695 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2396 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.765 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2383 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.061 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2372 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
- 4.458 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2370 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.248 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.648 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2360 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2354 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.860 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2352 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.220 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2345 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.644 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2340 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.932 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2340 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 15
Before
- 4.399 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2398 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.493 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2401 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.850 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2409 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 4.358 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2413 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 7
- 4.136 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008dfv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:36 AM UTC.