Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 125 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 125 km W of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 6:47 PM GMT-3 (21:47 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 173 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-18 21:47:24 UTC
Depth
14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.732° S, 72.491° 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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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 357°, dip 75°, rake -89°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 171°, dip 15°, rake -95°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.8 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

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

  1. 4.2173 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.262 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.446 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
  8. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.487 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 6.279 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 49
  17. 3.758 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  21. 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 4.3167 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 4.072 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 4.6183 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 4.251 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  46. 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 4.4141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 128
  58. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  59. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jiq. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.