M4.2 earthquake 36 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mwr), light

Local time

Wed, Nov 11, 2015, 4:59 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-11-11 07:59:32 UTC

Depth

35.3 km (21.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.771° S, 71.522° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.2 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 163°, dip 74°, rake 79°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 18°, dip 20°, rake 123°

Location uncertainty

About 6.5 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Stations used

0

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast16 kmN
• Viña del Mar, ChilePopulation 334,248. Forecast139 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast205 kmNNW

After

1. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Nov 11, 6:11 PM GMT-3 · 3967 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
2. 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Nov 15, 10:57 PM GMT-3 · 3963 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
3. 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 16, 12:15 PM GMT-3 · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
4. 4.273 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 17, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
5. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 19, 5:29 PM GMT-3 · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
6. 4.353 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Nov 21, 4:37 PM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
7. 4.072 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 23, 1:37 AM GMT-3 · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
8. 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 1:46 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
9. 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
10. 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
11. 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:19 PM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
12. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:42 PM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
13. 4.729 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Dec 1, 4:26 AM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
14. 4.277 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Dec 2, 9:25 PM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
15. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 3, 10:54 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
16. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 6, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
17. 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 7, 4:51 AM GMT-3 · 3942 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 11
18. 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 9, 9:37 PM GMT-3 · 3939 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
19. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
20. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
21. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3931 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
22. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 21, 2:04 PM GMT-3 · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
23. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 23, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3926 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
24. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 24, 11:39 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
25. 4.169 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 1:02 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
26. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:19 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
27. 4.482 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
28. 5.096 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
29. 4.686 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
30. 4.292 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 3:53 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
31. 3.894 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
32. 4.187 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
33. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
34. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 8:47 PM GMT-3 · 3921 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
35. 4.334 km ENE of Salamanca, ChileMon, Dec 28, 4:25 AM GMT-3 · 3921 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
36. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 1, 2:46 AM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
37. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jan 1, 3:03 AM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
38. 4.051 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Jan 6, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3912 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away

Before

1. 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Nov 10, 4:38 PM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.493 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 9, 12:43 PM GMT-3 · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
3. 4.198 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Nov 8, 6:42 PM GMT-3 · 3970 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
4. 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 3971 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
5. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 6:30 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
6. 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 4:31 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
7. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 3, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
8. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 31, 4:29 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
9. 4.278 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 9:41 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
10. 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
11. 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 1:20 PM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
12. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:51 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
13. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:34 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
14. 4.688 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 7:31 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
15. 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
16. 4.191 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 26, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
17. 5.036 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 24, 6:24 PM GMT-3 · 3985 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
18. 4.336 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 23, 11:26 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
19. 4.579 km W of La Ligua, ChileThu, Oct 22, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 3987 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
20. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 21, 7:04 PM GMT-3 · 3988 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003xbp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.