M4.4 earthquake 157 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 157 km W of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Oct 2, 2015, 5:13 AM GMT-3 (08:13 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 82 km NW of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-02 08:13:01 UTC
- Depth
- 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.813° S, 72.819° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 157°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 155 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.9162 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.081 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.9164 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.377 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6157 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.288 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.175 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2121 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1116 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.995 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3994 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.076 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3992 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.283 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3989 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.579 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3987 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3971 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.198 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.493 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.273 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.072 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3954 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.5155 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2163 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.3172 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
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