M4.2 earthquake 47 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 47 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 2:13 AM GMT-3 (05:13 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 37 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-19 05:13:34 UTC
- Depth
- 49.5 km (30.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.824° S, 71.623° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.1 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.766 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
- 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 6.279 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 49
- 4.956 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.758 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.072 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.246 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.363 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.251 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 128
- 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 29
- 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
- 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 11
- 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 43
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