Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 121 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 121 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 4:39 AM GMT-3 (07:39 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 79 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-17 07:39:46 UTC
Depth
19.3 km (12.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.430° S, 72.473° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
60

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.476 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.489 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.279 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.681 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.4100 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.965 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.170 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.5141 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.4129 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.751 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.2154 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 5.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  15. 4.6169 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 4.480 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 5.375 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.8137 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 4.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 4.639 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 4.581 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 4.4123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 4.6127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 4.289 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 4.4117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 4.3111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 5.552 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 4.994 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 5.275 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 4.5127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 4.2152 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 4.373 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 4.562 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 4.494 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 4.1127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 3.863 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 4.8141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 4.292 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 4.177 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 4.5170 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 4.087 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 4.3146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 4.960 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 4.482 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 4.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 4.233 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 4.1110 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 4.987 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 4.7130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 4.0143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.349 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.3131 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.156 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.3125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.568 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.581 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.492 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.9Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.9139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 5.198 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 5.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.2120 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.5150 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 4.762 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 4.3135 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 4.362 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 4.5110 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 4.9127 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 4.6Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 4.973 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away

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