Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Sep 20, 2015, 10:53 PM GMT-3 (01:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 84 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-21 01:53:33 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.363° S, 72.670° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.396 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.675 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.185 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 4.4123 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 4.477 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 4.479 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.3138 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 4.380 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 4.6156 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 4.489 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  26. 4.3173 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 4.3141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  29. 4.2147 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 4.5137 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 4.587 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 3.8138 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 4.2148 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 4.2149 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 4.1130 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 3.8142 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 4.2109 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 4.9162 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  58. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 4.2144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 133.

Before

  1. 4.186 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.3125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 5.046 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.3116 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 5.195 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.4141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.4108 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.2142 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 4.064 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.9133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away

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