Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 83 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 83 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Nov 6, 2015, 1:57 AM GMT-3 (04:57 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 91 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-11-06 04:57:05 UTC
Depth
11.5 km (7.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.377° S, 72.054° 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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 178°, dip 63°, rake 108°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 322°, dip 32°, rake 59°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.8 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
85°
Stations used
65

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.282 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 5.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.869 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
  5. 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 9
  10. 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.321 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3971 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.135 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 4.336 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.627 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.375 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 4.4Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 6.981 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 48 · tsunami flag
  20. 5.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 4.886 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 4.691 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 4.587 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 6.985 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 23
  25. 5.187 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 4.868 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 4.372 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 4.273 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 4.690 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 4.680 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 4.391 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 4.384 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 4.666 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 4.181 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 4.486 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 4.382 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 4.465 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 4.4103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 4.367 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 4.485 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 4.425 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3965 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 4.379 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 4.371 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 3.977 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 4.420 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 4.675 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 4.129 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  52. 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 3.9100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 3.849 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 10
  60. 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.071 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.5147 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.478 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3977 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3980 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3982 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 4.147 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3982 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.5156 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3984 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.396 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3985 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.321 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 3985 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003v47. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC.