Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 37 km S of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 37 km S of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 4:24 AM GMT-3 (07:24 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 39 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-19 07:24:35 UTC
Depth
41.3 km (25.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.287° S, 71.399° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
149°
Stations used
26

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 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.487 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.172 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 5.766 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
  4. 4.593 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.270 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 5.696 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.255 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.494 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.331 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.246 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.439 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 4.064 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.363 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 5.037 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
  18. 4.4108 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 5.195 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 5.046 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 4.030 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 4.186 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 4.524 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  35. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 4.328 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 4.396 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 29
  40. 4.448 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 4.675 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  42. 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 11
  44. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 4.185 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 4.477 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 4.479 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 4.443 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  49. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 4.380 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 4.343 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  54. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 4.489 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  57. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.564 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 6.179 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.230 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.131 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.987 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 4.233 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.482 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.960 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.431 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 4.087 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 4.177 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 4.292 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away

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