Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 156 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 156 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 11:01 PM GMT-3 (02:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 74 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-23 02:01:39 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.140° S, 72.715° 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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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
120°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.3141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.2147 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 4.5137 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 4.587 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 4.2148 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 4.2149 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 4.3172 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 4.2163 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 4.1130 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 3.8142 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 4.2160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 4.5155 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 4.4157 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 4.9162 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  59. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 4.2144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 120.

Before

  1. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.380 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.3138 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.479 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 11
  17. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 4.675 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003ldm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.