Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 88 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 88 km W of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Oct 5, 2015, 11:00 PM GMT-3 (02:00 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 35 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-10-06 02:00:57 UTC
Depth
20.7 km (12.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.690° S, 72.096° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 1°, dip 33°, rake 90°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 180°, dip 57°, rake 90°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
88°
Stations used
51

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 132 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.175 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.2121 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.1116 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 18
  8. 4.1104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.163 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8
  12. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 3.995 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 4.159 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3994 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 4.076 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3992 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3990 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 4.283 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3989 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 4.579 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3987 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 4.336 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3986 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3985 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
  33. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  42. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3978 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3971 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  46. 4.198 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 4.493 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3968 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3967 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 4.273 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  55. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3959 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 4.353 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3957 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 4.072 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.6157 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.377 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 3.9164 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.5107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.081 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.4157 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 4.5155 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 4.2160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003kln. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC.