Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 86 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 86 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Oct 7, 2015, 4:29 AM GMT-3 (07:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.9 81 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-10-07 07:29:02 UTC
Depth
10.2 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.302° S, 72.141° 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 10°, dip 43°, rake 102°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 174°, dip 48°, rake 79°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
146°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.837 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4012 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.3114 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.379 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.4130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  14. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.548 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4008 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4008 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 4.393 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 4.357 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 4.940 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  34. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 4.060 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 4.123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 4.4126 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4001 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 4.570 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4001 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4000 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  45. 4.388 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4000 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 4.252 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3999 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  53. 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 4.075 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 4.010 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3996 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 4.7147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 4.321 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 3995 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 4.396 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 4.193 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4013 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.284 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.276 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.164 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.780 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4015 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 37
  9. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  16. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 4.335 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 5.140 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away

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