Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 122 km W of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 122 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 6:23 PM GMT-3 (21:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 126 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-19 21:23:19 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.162° S, 72.590° 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, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
33

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 164.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003ju4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.