M4.2 earthquake 58 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 9:17 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-18 12:17:21 UTC

Depth

11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.611° S, 71.785° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.6 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.30

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

186°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

29

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast43 kmNW
• Viña del Mar, ChilePopulation 334,248. Forecast159 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast231 kmNNW

After

1. 4.572 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:57 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
2. 5.264 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:51 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.230 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:08 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
4. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
5. 4.2106 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:13 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
6. 4.488 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:00 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
7. 4.177 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:27 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
8. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
9. 4.797 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:15 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
10. 4.298 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:26 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
11. 4.170 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:50 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
12. 4.188 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:52 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
13. 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:18 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
14. 4.431 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:21 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
15. 4.695 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:25 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
16. 4.787 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:39 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
17. 4.960 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:41 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
18. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:50 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
19. 3.963 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:26 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
20. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:47 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
21. 4.262 km NW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 7:53 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
22. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:30 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
23. 4.284 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
24. 4.446 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:42 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
25. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:55 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
26. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:19 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
27. 4.131 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:22 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
28. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
29. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:14 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
30. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:12 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
31. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:23 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
32. 4.230 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:44 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
33. 4.487 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
34. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:13 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
35. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:47 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
36. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:55 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
37. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:59 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
38. 4.172 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
39. 5.766 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:07 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8
40. 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:41 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
41. 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
42. 4.270 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 8:50 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
43. 6.279 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:52 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 49
44. 4.956 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
45. 3.758 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:35 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
46. 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:36 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
47. 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:58 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
48. 4.598 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:02 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
49. 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:24 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
50. 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:10 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
51. 3.774 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
52. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:02 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
53. 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:13 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
54. 4.072 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:52 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
55. 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:09 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
56. 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:41 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
57. 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:49 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
58. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:10 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
59. 4.331 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:35 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
60. 4.246 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:42 PM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 4.281 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:54 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
2. 4.245 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:05 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
3. 4.691 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 7:21 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
4. 4.4104 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:48 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
5. 4.5112 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:35 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
6. 6.292 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:10 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 24
7. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:43 AM GMT-3 · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
8. 5.6109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:18 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
9. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:49 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
10. 4.456 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:44 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
11. 4.498 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:32 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
12. 4.237 km NW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:54 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
13. 4.460 km NW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
14. 4.361 km NNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
15. 4.393 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:27 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
16. 4.375 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
17. 4.539 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:43 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
18. 4.568 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:34 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
19. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:29 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
20. 5.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:24 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jjr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC.