Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 110 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 110 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 6:53 PM GMT-3 (21:53 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 138 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-18 21:53:27 UTC
Depth
9.1 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.195° S, 72.446° 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 351°, dip 62°, rake 73°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 204°, dip 33°, rake 119°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.3 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
74

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 3.9133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.064 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.2142 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.4108 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.4141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 5.195 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.3116 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 5.046 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 4.3125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 4.186 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 4.2135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  31. 4.396 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 4.675 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  34. 4.5104 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 4.185 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 4.4123 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 4.477 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 4.479 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 4.3138 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 4.443 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  42. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 4.380 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 4.343 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 4.489 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  49. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 4.3173 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 4.3141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 4.2147 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 4.5137 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 4.587 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 3.8138 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 4.2148 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003llf. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC.