Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 59 km NW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 59 km NW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 4:33 PM GMT-3 (19:33 UTC), 41 km (25 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
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-10-13 19:33:02 UTC
Depth
40.8 km (25.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.225° S, 71.570° 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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 13°, dip 75°, rake 97°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 166°, dip 16°, rake 64°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.9 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 50 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.940 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.060 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 4.076 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3999 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3997 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  21. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 4.283 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  29. 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 4.336 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 4.075 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3993 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3993 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3993 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
  35. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3990 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3988 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3987 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3987 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3987 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 4.478 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3984 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3983 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
  56. 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 9

The first 60 of 116.

Before

  1. 3.995 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.393 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4005 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 8
  16. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  20. 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003ndh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC.