Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 5:05 AM GMT-3 (08:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 87 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-19 08:05:02 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.486° S, 72.610° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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 4.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.487 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.172 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.593 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.6143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.0137 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.270 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.8135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  8. 5.696 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.255 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.3167 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.494 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 4.2122 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.5126 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.5138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 3.9133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 4.064 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 4.2142 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 4.4108 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 4.4141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 5.195 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 4.3116 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 5.046 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 4.3125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 4.186 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 4.2135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  48. 4.396 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 29
  50. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 4.448 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 4.675 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  53. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 11
  54. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 4.185 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 4.4123 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 4.477 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 4.479 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 4.3138 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 186.

Before

  1. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.5135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 5.0143 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.2112 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.0143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.7130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.987 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 4.1110 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lry. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC.