M4.5 earthquake 104 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 104 km W of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 5:50 PM GMT-3 (20:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 93 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-17 20:50:43 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.548° S, 72.266° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 157°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.363 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.251 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 128
- 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 29
- 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
- 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 11
- 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 43
- 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2151 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 112
- 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
- 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.39 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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