Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 80 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 80 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Oct 6, 2015, 1:51 AM GMT-3 (04:51 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 37 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.7 (mwr), light
Local time: Tue, Oct 6, 2015, 1:51 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2015-10-06 04:51:45 UTC
Depth: 12.3 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.255° S, 72.099° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 20°, dip 46°, rake 114°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 167°, dip 49°, rake 67°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 3.5 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 142°
Stations used: 161

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 175 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 175.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003kme (also filed as gcmt20151006045145, iscgem607858505). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC.