M4.2 earthquake 52 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, Oct 21, 2015, 9:02 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-10-22 00:02:55 UTC

Depth

22.1 km (13.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.305° S, 71.700° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

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Location uncertainty

About 4.9 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

90°

Stations used

44

• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast52 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast364 kmNNW

After

1. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 22, 5:22 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
3. 4.075 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 7:43 AM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
4. 4.010 km SSE of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 24, 11:52 AM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
5. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
6. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 4:06 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
7. 4.321 km NW of La Serena, ChileSun, Oct 25, 10:13 AM GMT-3 · 3996 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
8. 4.396 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 25, 1:34 PM GMT-3 · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 26, 11:38 PM GMT-3 · 3994 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
10. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 27, 1:05 AM GMT-3 · 3994 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
11. 4.147 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 28, 1:12 AM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
12. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 28, 1:54 AM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
13. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 29, 11:08 AM GMT-3 · 3992 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
14. 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 29, 11:24 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
15. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 31, 4:29 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
16. 4.478 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Nov 2, 1:48 PM GMT-3 · 3988 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
17. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 2, 10:43 PM GMT-3 · 3987 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
18. 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Nov 3, 6:30 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
19. 4.071 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 3, 10:22 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
20. 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Nov 4, 10:28 PM GMT-3 · 3985 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
21. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 5, 2:02 PM GMT-3 · 3985 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
22. 4.583 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 6, 1:57 AM GMT-3 · 3984 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
23. 4.282 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 6, 5:20 AM GMT-3 · 3984 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
24. 5.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 6, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 3984 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
25. 4.869 km W of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 6, 10:34 PM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
26. 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 4:31 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
27. 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 6:17 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
28. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 6:30 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
29. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:31 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
30. 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:38 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
31. 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:53 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 9
32. 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 8:51 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
33. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 7, 9:28 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
34. 4.321 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 8:56 PM GMT-3 · 3982 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
35. 4.135 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 9, 12:01 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
36. 4.336 km S of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 9, 2:50 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
37. 4.378 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 1:09 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
38. 4.627 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Nov 10, 9:58 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
39. 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Nov 10, 4:38 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
40. 4.375 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 8:28 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
41. 4.4Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 8:48 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
42. 6.981 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 10:54 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 48 · tsunami flag
43. 5.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 11:01 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
44. 4.978 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
45. 4.886 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 11:14 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
46. 5.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 11:23 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
47. 4.691 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 11:26 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
48. 4.587 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 11:29 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
49. 6.985 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 11:46 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 23
50. 5.187 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 12:07 AM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
51. 4.868 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 12:13 AM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
52. 4.372 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 12:25 AM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
53. 4.273 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 1:46 AM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
54. 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 3:35 AM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
55. 4.690 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 4:08 AM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
56. 4.586 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 4:42 AM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
57. 3.982 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 6:03 AM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
58. 4.680 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 6:07 AM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
59. 4.391 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 12:43 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
60. 4.384 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 2:33 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 128.

Before

1. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 21, 7:04 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
2. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 3:45 PM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
3. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 2:22 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
4. 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 12:10 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
5. 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 8:55 PM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
6. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 6:45 PM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
7. 4.388 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:43 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
8. 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 20, 7:06 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
9. 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:15 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
10. 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
11. 3.915 km ESE of La Serena, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:01 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
12. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 19, 7:34 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
13. 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 19, 2:57 PM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
14. 4.570 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 19, 6:28 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
15. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 19, 1:37 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
16. 4.4126 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 18, 6:23 PM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
17. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 16, 1:58 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
18. 4.123 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 16, 3:50 AM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
19. 4.060 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 7:18 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
20. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003qiw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC.