M4.2 earthquake 49 km NW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Wed, Oct 14, 2015, 5:35 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-10-14 08:35:37 UTC

Depth

49.9 km (31.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.264° S, 71.460° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 7.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.30

Stations used

0

• Illapel, ChilePopulation 22,816. Forecast49 kmNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast146 kmS
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast255 kmNNW

After

1. 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 8:03 AM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
2. 4.940 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 4:23 PM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
4. 4.060 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 7:18 PM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
5. 4.123 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 16, 3:50 AM GMT-3 · 3994 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
6. 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 16, 9:49 AM GMT-3 · 3994 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
7. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 16, 1:58 PM GMT-3 · 3994 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
8. 4.291 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 17, 5:38 AM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
9. 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 17, 12:11 PM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
10. 4.076 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 17, 5:32 PM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
11. 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 18, 8:01 PM GMT-3 · 3992 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
12. 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 19, 2:27 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
13. 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 19, 2:57 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
14. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 19, 7:34 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
15. 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
16. 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:15 AM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
17. 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 20, 7:06 AM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
18. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 6:45 PM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
19. 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 8:55 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
20. 4.283 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 20, 11:12 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
21. 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 12:10 AM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
22. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 3:45 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
23. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 21, 7:04 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
24. 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 3987 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
25. 4.336 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 23, 11:26 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
26. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
27. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 4:06 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
28. 5.036 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 24, 6:24 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 6
29. 4.191 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 26, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
30. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 26, 11:38 PM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
31. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 27, 1:05 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
32. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 28, 1:54 AM GMT-3 · 3982 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
33. 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
34. 4.688 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 7:31 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
35. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:34 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
36. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:51 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
37. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 29, 11:08 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
38. 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 1:20 PM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
39. 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 29, 11:24 PM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
40. 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
41. 4.278 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 9:41 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
42. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 31, 4:29 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
43. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 2, 10:43 PM GMT-3 · 3976 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
44. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 3, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
45. 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Nov 3, 6:30 PM GMT-3 · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
46. 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Nov 4, 10:28 PM GMT-3 · 3974 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
47. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 5, 2:02 PM GMT-3 · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
48. 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 4:31 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
49. 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 6:17 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
50. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 6:30 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
51. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:31 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
52. 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:38 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
53. 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:53 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 9
54. 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 8:51 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
55. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 7, 9:28 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
56. 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
57. 4.321 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 8:56 PM GMT-3 · 3971 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
58. 4.198 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Nov 8, 6:42 PM GMT-3 · 3971 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
59. 4.493 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 9, 12:43 PM GMT-3 · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
60. 4.627 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Nov 10, 9:58 AM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

1. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 13, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
2. 4.159 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 13, 4:33 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
3. 3.995 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 13, 2:46 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
4. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 13, 8:16 AM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
5. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 10:05 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
6. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 9:15 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
7. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
8. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:01 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
9. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
10. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
11. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:09 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
12. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 12, 7:27 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
13. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
14. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:50 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
15. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 12:31 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
16. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 12:15 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 8
17. 4.163 km NW of La Ligua, ChileSun, Oct 11, 11:59 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
18. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 10:46 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
19. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 6:23 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
20. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 1:54 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003nj3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:11 AM UTC.