Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 80 km NW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 80 km NW of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 12:31 AM GMT-3 (03:31 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 39 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mwr), moderate
Local time
UTC
2015-10-12 03:31:32 UTC
Depth
19.6 km (12.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.187° S, 71.832° 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
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 169°, dip 65°, rake 75°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 21°, dip 29°, rake 119°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.8 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
121

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4005 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.393 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 3.995 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 4.159 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 4.940 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 4.060 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 4.123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3999 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 4.076 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3999 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3997 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  35. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 4.283 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3995 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 4.252 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3995 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3993 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 4.336 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 4.075 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3993 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 4.7147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3992 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3992 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3992 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3992 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  51. 4.396 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  52. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3990 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3987 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 142.

Before

  1. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
  2. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.1104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 18
  12. 4.3114 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.450 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.1116 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003mxb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.