Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 7:35 PM GMT-3 (22:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 143 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.7 (mwr), light
Local time: Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 7:35 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2015-09-18 22:35:21 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.264° S, 72.640° 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: Normal
Moment magnitude: 4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 8°, dip 49°, rake -93°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 193°, dip 41°, rake -86°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.8 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 56°
Stations used: 203

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 180.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lmd (also filed as gcmt20150918223521). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 8:54 AM UTC.