M3.8 earthquake 63 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

Magnitude

3.8 (mwr), minor

Local time

Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 9:50 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-18 12:50:32 UTC

Depth

13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.097° S, 71.975° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Oblique reverse

Moment magnitude

3.8 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 157°, dip 72°, rake 59°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 40°, dip 36°, rake 147°

Location uncertainty

About 7.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

From moment tensor inversion

Station coverage gap

150°

Stations used

22

• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast63 kmWSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast394 kmNNW

After

1. 3.8138 km W of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 25, 1:07 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
2. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 5:36 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
3. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 5:30 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
4. 4.2148 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 25, 10:59 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
5. 5.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
6. 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:47 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
7. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:00 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
8. 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
9. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
10. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
11. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:22 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
12. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
13. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 10:02 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
14. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:07 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
15. 4.2149 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:37 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
16. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:52 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
17. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:48 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
18. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 2:48 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
19. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 3:27 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
20. 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 5:28 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
21. 4.1130 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 10:59 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
22. 3.8142 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 11:32 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
23. 4.2109 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 12:20 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
24. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
25. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
26. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:01 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
27. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
28. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
29. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
30. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:55 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
31. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
32. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
33. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 9:30 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
34. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 3:21 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
35. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 7:59 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
36. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 8:04 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
37. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
38. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:25 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
39. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 1, 5:28 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
40. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
41. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 12:04 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
42. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 1:22 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
43. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
44. 4.2144 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 10:37 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
45. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:26 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 19
46. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
47. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 5:26 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
48. 5.140 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
49. 4.335 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 10:48 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
50. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
51. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:59 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
52. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 4, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
53. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 6:06 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
54. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 7:11 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
55. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 9:16 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
56. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 1:57 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
57. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
58. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 4, 3:21 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
59. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 5, 1:33 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 37
60. 4.780 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 6, 1:51 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jjp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.