Chile earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 94 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 94 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 7:08 PM GMT-3 (22:08 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 38 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (mwr), light
Local time: Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 7:08 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2015-09-17 22:08:03 UTC
Depth: 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.265° S, 72.250° 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: 4.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 27°, dip 44°, rake 118°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 170°, dip 52°, rake 65°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.4 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 89°
Stations used: 108

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003kzc (also filed as gcmt20150917220803, iscgem610637563). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC.