M4.2 earthquake 75 km NW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Oct 3, 2015, 9:12 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-10-03 12:12:16 UTC

Depth

30.7 km (19.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.181° S, 71.766° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 7.0 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.30

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

190°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

25

• Illapel, ChilePopulation 22,816. Forecast76 kmNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast143 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast274 kmNNW

After

1. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
2. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:59 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
3. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 6:06 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
4. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 7:11 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
5. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 9:16 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
6. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 1:57 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
7. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
8. 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 4, 11:02 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
9. 4.377 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 5, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
10. 4.6157 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 5, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
11. 4.288 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 5, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
12. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 6, 7:47 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
13. 4.164 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 9:59 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
14. 4.276 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
15. 4.175 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 6, 10:52 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
16. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 7:48 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
17. 4.284 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 6, 11:12 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
18. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 12:02 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
19. 4.193 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
20. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 9:34 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
21. 4.2121 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 10:06 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
22. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 4:35 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
23. 4.1116 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 8:43 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
24. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 11:54 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
25. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 8, 4:22 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
26. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 8, 5:46 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
27. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:08 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
28. 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
29. 4.450 km S of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 5:20 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
30. 4.3114 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 7:38 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
31. 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 18
32. 4.1104 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 4:34 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
33. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 7:18 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
34. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 5:58 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
35. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
36. 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 10, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
37. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 11:33 PM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
38. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 1:54 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
39. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 6:23 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
40. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 10:46 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
41. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 12:15 AM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 8
42. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 12:31 AM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
43. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:50 AM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
44. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
45. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 12, 7:27 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
46. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:09 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
47. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
48. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
49. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:01 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
50. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
51. 4.393 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 8:30 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
52. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 9:15 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
53. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 10:05 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
54. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 13, 8:16 AM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
55. 3.995 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 13, 2:46 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
56. 4.159 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 13, 4:33 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
57. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 13, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
58. 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 14, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
59. 4.249 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 14, 5:35 AM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
60. 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 8:03 AM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 168.

Before

1. 4.5107 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:01 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
2. 4.081 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 6:08 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
3. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 5:26 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
4. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
5. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:26 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 19
6. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
7. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:02 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
8. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:42 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
9. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 1:22 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
10. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 12:04 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
11. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Oct 2, 11:48 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
12. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
13. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:43 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
14. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 1, 5:28 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
15. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 1, 6:28 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
16. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 1, 12:21 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
17. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
18. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 8:04 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
19. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 7:59 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
20. 4.489 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 30, 5:12 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003k0d. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.