Chile earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 71 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 71 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 8:32 PM GMT-3 (23:32 UTC), 19 km (12 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
5.2 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
2015-09-16 23:32:24 UTC
Depth
19.5 km (12.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.415° S, 71.884° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
149°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.167 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 5.3102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.971 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 5.982 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  5. 5.156 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 4.593 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 4.674 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 4.538 km N of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.978 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 4.659 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 5.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 5.091 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.745 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 5.157 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.791 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 4.885 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 4.7155 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.869 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 5.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 4.880 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 4.891 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 5.071 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 4.678 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 5.058 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 5.176 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 4.656 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 4.844 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 5.0101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 4.766 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 4.661 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 4.9102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 4.652 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 4.867 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 4.569 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 4.672 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 5.264 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 4.4113 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 4.4102 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 4.685 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 5.882 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 4.995 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 5.160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 6.470 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 9
  45. 5.091 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 4.663 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 4.769 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 4.670 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 4.879 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 4.872 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 4.697 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 4.751 km SW of Monte Patria, Chile · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 4.5110 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 4.6Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 4.948 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 4.827 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 4.367 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 4.772 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 4.838 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 5.170 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 5.559 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 5.777 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 7.025 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 57
  5. 6.171 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  6. 5.748 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 5.659 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 6.155 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  9. 6.454 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
  10. 8.348 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1,216 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag

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