M4.3 earthquake 51 km NW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.3 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 1:07 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-17 16:07:41 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.278° S, 71.516° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 14.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.24

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

154°

Stations used

12

• Illapel, ChilePopulation 22,816. Forecast51 kmNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast148 kmS
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast256 kmNNW

After

1. 5.337 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:08 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.460 km SW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:19 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
3. 4.174 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:32 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
4. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
5. 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:55 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
6. 4.639 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:32 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
7. 4.489 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:38 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
8. 4.479 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:47 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
9. 4.376 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:48 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
10. 4.430 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
11. 4.581 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:04 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
12. 4.983 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:26 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:55 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
14. 4.4117 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:17 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
15. 4.498 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
16. 4.5104 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:50 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
17. 4.177 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:13 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
18. 4.164 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:21 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
19. 4.123 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:46 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
20. 4.165 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:36 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
21. 5.275 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
22. 4.050 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:33 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
23. 5.1109 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:55 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
24. 4.077 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:10 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
25. 4.446 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:39 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
26. 3.993 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:46 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
27. 4.551 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:11 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
28. 4.384 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:29 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
29. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:50 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
30. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:58 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
31. 4.353 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:00 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
32. 4.1101 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
33. 4.764 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:14 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
34. 4.9Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:15 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
35. 4.983 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:32 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
36. 4.682 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:38 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
37. 5.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:24 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
38. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:29 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
39. 4.568 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:34 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
40. 4.539 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:43 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
41. 4.375 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
42. 4.393 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:27 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
43. 4.361 km NNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away
44. 4.460 km NW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
45. 4.373 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:51 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
46. 4.237 km NW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:54 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
47. 4.456 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:44 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
48. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:49 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
49. 4.562 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:51 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
50. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:43 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
51. 4.5112 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:35 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
52. 4.691 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 7:21 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
53. 4.245 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:05 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
54. 4.281 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:54 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
55. 4.258 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:17 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
56. 5.264 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:51 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
57. 4.230 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:08 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
58. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
59. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:58 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
60. 4.177 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:27 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 4.881 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:04 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
2. 4.875 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:01 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
3. 4.473 km NW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:45 PM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
4. 4.480 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:45 PM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
5. 4.4133 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:38 PM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
6. 4.344 km N of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:10 PM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
7. 4.664 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:35 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
8. 4.168 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
9. 5.782 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:19 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
10. 4.133 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:10 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
11. 4.470 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:47 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
12. 4.575 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:39 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
13. 4.695 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:22 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
14. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:58 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
15. 4.3110 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:51 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
16. 4.660 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:24 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
17. 4.355 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:42 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
18. 4.245 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:37 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
19. 4.457 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:23 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
20. 4.376 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:12 AM GMT-3 · 4030 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003j6k. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.