Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 76 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 76 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 2:48 PM GMT-3 (17:48 UTC), 12 km (7 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
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-17 17:48:49 UTC
Depth
11.8 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.479° S, 71.957° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.53
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
200°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 187 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.430 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.581 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.983 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.4117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.4112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.498 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 5.066 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4027 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.5104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 4.177 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.164 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.123 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 4.165 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 5.275 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.050 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 5.1109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.077 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 4.446 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 3.993 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 4.551 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 4.384 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 4.2152 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 4.353 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 4.1101 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 4.764 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 4.9Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.983 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 4.682 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 5.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 4.568 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 4.539 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 4.375 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 4.393 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 4.361 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 4.460 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 4.237 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 4.498 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4027 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 4.456 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 4.562 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 5.6109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 4.5112 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 4.691 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 4.245 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 4.281 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 4.572 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4026 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 5.264 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  53. 4.230 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 4.2106 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 4.488 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 4.177 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4026 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 4.797 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 4.479 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.639 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.778 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4027 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.174 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 4.460 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 5.337 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.351 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 4.881 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 4.875 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 4.473 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.480 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 4.4133 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 4.344 km N of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.6169 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 4.664 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 4.168 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 5.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jaa. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:23 PM UTC.