M4.6 earthquake 84 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 84 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Nov 7, 2015, 7:23 PM GMT-3 (22:23 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 54 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-07 22:23:53 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.428° S, 72.028° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.3 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- Stations used
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.198 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3971 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.493 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.627 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3969 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.181 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.425 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3965 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3964 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.273 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.129 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.353 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
- 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.327 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.072 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3957 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3954 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3953 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.558 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3952 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.729 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3949 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.277 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3947 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.042 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3944 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3943 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 11
- 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.363 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4143 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3938 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.244 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3937 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.039 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.884 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3935 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3933 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3932 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3927 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3927 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 75.
Before
- 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 9
- 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3973 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3973 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3973 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3975 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
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