M4.2 earthquake 93 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mwr), light

Local time

Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 7:01 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-29 10:01:21 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.374° S, 72.107° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Strike-slip

Moment magnitude

4.2 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 279°, dip 53°, rake 2°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 188°, dip 88°, rake 143°

Location uncertainty

About 4.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

84°

Stations used

60

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast83 kmNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast174 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast269 kmNNW

After

1. 4.484 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
2. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 3:59 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
3. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
4. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
5. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 1:20 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
7. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 9:30 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
8. 4.2160 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:29 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
9. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 3:21 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
10. 4.489 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 30, 5:12 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
11. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 7:59 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
12. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
13. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 1, 12:21 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
14. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 1, 6:28 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
15. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 1, 5:28 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
16. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:43 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
17. 4.5155 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:54 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
18. 4.4157 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:13 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
19. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
20. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Oct 2, 11:48 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
21. 4.9162 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 1:33 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
22. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:42 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
23. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:02 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
24. 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:42 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
25. 4.081 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 6:08 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
26. 4.5107 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:01 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
27. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 9:12 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
28. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
29. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:59 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
30. 3.9164 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
31. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 6:06 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
32. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 7:11 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
33. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 1:57 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
34. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
35. 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 4, 11:02 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
36. 4.377 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 5, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
37. 4.6157 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 5, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
38. 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Oct 5, 6:51 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
39. 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Oct 5, 6:58 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
40. 4.288 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 5, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
41. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 6, 7:47 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
42. 4.175 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 6, 10:52 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
43. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 7:48 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
44. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 12:02 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
45. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 9:34 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
46. 4.2121 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 10:06 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
47. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 4:35 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
48. 4.1116 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 8:43 PM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
49. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 8, 4:22 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
50. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 8, 5:46 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
51. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:08 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
52. 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
53. 4.450 km S of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 5:20 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
54. 4.3114 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 7:38 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
55. 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 18
56. 4.1104 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 4:34 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
57. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 5:58 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
58. 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 10, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
59. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 11:33 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
60. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 1:54 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

1. 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 3:24 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
2. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:55 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
3. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
4. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
5. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:27 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
6. 4.434 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:59 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
7. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
8. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
9. 4.556 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:29 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
10. 4.8109 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 3:05 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
11. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:16 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
12. 4.084 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 12:07 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
13. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:53 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
14. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
15. 5.450 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:04 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
16. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
17. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
18. 3.8142 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 11:32 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
19. 4.1130 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 10:59 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
20. 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 5:28 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003ir3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.