Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 107 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 107 km W of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Oct 3, 2015, 8:01 AM GMT-3 (11:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 79 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-10-03 11:01:46 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.728° S, 72.293° 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 2°, dip 38°, rake 89°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 183°, dip 52°, rake 91°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.7 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
115°
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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.9164 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.377 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.6157 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4011 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.288 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  10. 4.175 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.2121 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.1116 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 18
  16. 4.1104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.163 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4005 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 8
  20. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 3.995 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 4.159 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 4.076 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3999 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 4.283 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3995 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 4.579 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3994 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 4.336 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3992 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  41. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3990 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3987 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3987 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3978 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  52. 4.198 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3977 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 4.493 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3977 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3975 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 4.273 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3969 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  60. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3966 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 4.081 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4014 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.9162 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.4157 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.5155 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 4.2160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jzz. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:21 AM UTC.