M4.5 earthquake 127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 11:02 PM GMT-3 (02:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 87 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-18 02:02:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.307° S, 72.598° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.482 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1110 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.987 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2112 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.0143 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.179 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.564 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.487 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.172 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.593 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.0137 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 4.270 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 5.696 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 4.255 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3167 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.494 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2122 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5126 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.9133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.064 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2142 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4108 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.195 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.746 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3116 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.046 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.962 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.186 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
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