Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 64 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 64 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 2:12 AM GMT-3 (05:12 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 87 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-19 05:12:23 UTC
Depth
17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.744° S, 71.963° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
145°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.237 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 5.487 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.593 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.8135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  5. 5.696 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.494 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.2122 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.9133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 5.195 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 4.3116 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 4.3125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 4.2135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 4.396 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 4.675 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.5104 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 4.185 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 4.4123 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 4.477 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 4.479 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 4.443 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  35. 4.380 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 4.343 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 4.489 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 4.587 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 3.8138 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4013 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 4.2109 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 19
  55. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 5.140 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  58. 4.335 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 4.451 km N of La Serena, Chile · 4007 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 157.

Before

  1. 6.179 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.5135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.2112 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.7130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.987 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.1110 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.087 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.292 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 3.863 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 4.1127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 4.494 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 4.562 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 4.373 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 4.5127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.994 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away

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