Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 39 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 39 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Dec 3, 2015, 5:32 AM GMT-3 (08:32 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 89 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-12-03 08:32:46 UTC
Depth
34.8 km (21.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.752° S, 71.671° 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 17°, dip 53°, rake 94°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 190°, dip 37°, rake 85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
138

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.689 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3942 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.188 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3938 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.184 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.369 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3935 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.391 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3934 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.052 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3921 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 4.589 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3921 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3916 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.190 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3915 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3911 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 4.683 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3908 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3899 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3898 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3897 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3892 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3891 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3889 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  31. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 4.181 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 4.284 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.888 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.156 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.743 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3948 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.149 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.343 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3950 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 5.690 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3951 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.698 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.3102 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 4.775 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 10
  15. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.849 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 3.9100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100042yl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.