M3.8 earthquake 73 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

3.8 (mwr), minor

Local time

Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 9:55 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-19 00:55:44 UTC

Depth

8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.598° S, 71.943° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Oblique reverse

Moment magnitude

3.8 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 156°, dip 85°, rake 121°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 254°, dip 31°, rake 10°

Location uncertainty

About 3.4 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

171°

Stations used

35

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast55 kmNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast163 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast240 kmNNW

After

1. 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:05 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
2. 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 8:00 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
3. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:17 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
4. 6.154 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:39 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 128
5. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:50 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:32 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
7. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
8. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
9. 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:35 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
10. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:49 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.165 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:05 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
12. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:37 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 29
13. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
14. 4.448 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 1:48 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
15. 4.180 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:01 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
16. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
17. 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:08 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
18. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
19. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:36 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 11
20. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:47 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
21. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:57 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
22. 4.265 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:08 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
23. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:56 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 43
24. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:05 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
25. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
26. 3.750 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 7:25 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
27. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
28. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:14 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
29. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:46 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
30. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 12:38 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
31. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:03 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
32. 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:13 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 112
33. 4.295 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
34. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
35. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:41 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
36. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:17 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
37. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:45 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
38. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 1:45 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
39. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:46 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
40. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
41. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:26 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
42. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
43. 4.39 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 9:23 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
44. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
45. 4.6156 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:01 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
46. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
47. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 1:21 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
48. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:05 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
49. 4.576 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:05 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
50. 5.074 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:32 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
51. 4.478 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:55 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
52. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:05 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
53. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
54. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:53 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
55. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:06 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
56. 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:09 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
57. 4.069 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
58. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
59. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
60. 4.191 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jue. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.