Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 75 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 75 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Nov 16, 2015, 5:52 PM GMT-3 (20:52 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 54 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-11-16 20:52:19 UTC
Depth
7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.290° S, 72.015° 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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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 27°, dip 38°, rake 122°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 168°, dip 58°, rake 67°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.3 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
110

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.129 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.9100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 3.849 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
  10. 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 4.775 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.327 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.698 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3953 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3952 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 5.690 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3951 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 4.558 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3951 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 4.343 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3950 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 4.149 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 4.743 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3948 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 4.156 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 4.888 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 4.284 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 4.539 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3946 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 4.4111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 4.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 4.042 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3944 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 4.689 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3942 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  34. 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 4.363 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 4.188 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3939 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 4.244 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3937 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 4.184 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  42. 4.369 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3935 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 4.052 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 5.810 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3930 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 38
  53. 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3927 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3922 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3921 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3916 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.420 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.977 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.371 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.379 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.425 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3965 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.485 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.367 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 4.4103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 4.465 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 3.982 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.382 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 4.486 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 4.181 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 4.666 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 4.384 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 4.391 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 4.583 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away

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