M4.1 earthquake 104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Oct 19, 2015, 2:27 PM GMT-3 (17:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 76 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-19 17:27:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.344° S, 72.213° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.276 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3990 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.283 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3989 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3987 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.336 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3986 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3986 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3982 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3980 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
- 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3972 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 4.198 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3971 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.493 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3968 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.181 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.273 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.353 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
- 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 98.
Before
- 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.076 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3994 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.060 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.159 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.995 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.393 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
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