Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 84 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 84 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Oct 6, 2015, 11:12 PM GMT-3 (02:12 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 33 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-10-07 02:12:25 UTC
Depth
12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.382° S, 72.069° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.37
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

  1. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.193 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4003 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.286 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.837 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  5. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4002 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.3114 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.379 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.4130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3999 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  17. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  20. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
  21. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 4.548 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3998 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3998 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 4.393 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 4.357 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 4.940 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  40. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 4.060 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 4.123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 4.4126 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 4.570 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3991 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3991 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3990 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3990 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  52. 4.388 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3990 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3988 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 4.252 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3988 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3987 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 164.

Before

  1. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.276 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.164 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 4.780 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4004 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 37
  6. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  13. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.335 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 5.140 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 19

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