M4.2 earthquake 99 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Tue, Nov 24, 2015, 1:46 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-11-24 04:46:58 UTC

Depth

3.5 km (2.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.858° S, 72.186° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.2 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.21

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

145°

Stations used

34

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast65 kmW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast141 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast229 kmNW

After

1. 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
2. 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
3. 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:19 PM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
4. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:42 PM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
5. 4.729 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Dec 1, 4:26 AM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
6. 4.277 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Dec 2, 9:25 PM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
7. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 3, 10:54 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
8. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 6, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
9. 4.4143 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 1:42 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
10. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
11. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
12. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3931 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
13. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 21, 2:04 PM GMT-3 · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
14. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 24, 11:39 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
15. 4.169 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 1:02 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
16. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:19 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
17. 4.482 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
18. 5.096 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
19. 4.686 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
20. 4.292 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 3:53 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
21. 3.894 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
22. 4.187 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
23. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
24. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 8:47 PM GMT-3 · 3921 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
25. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jan 1, 3:03 AM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
26. 4.051 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Jan 6, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3912 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
27. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jan 10, 10:33 AM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
28. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 11, 6:16 PM GMT-3 · 3906 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
29. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jan 16, 5:36 PM GMT-3 · 3901 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
30. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, ChileTue, Jan 19, 4:08 AM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away

Before

1. 4.072 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 23, 1:37 AM GMT-3 · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
2. 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Nov 22, 4:59 AM GMT-3 · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
3. 4.353 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Nov 21, 4:37 PM GMT-3 · 3957 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
4. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 19, 5:29 PM GMT-3 · 3959 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
5. 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Nov 19, 11:31 AM GMT-3 · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.273 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 17, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
7. 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 16, 12:15 PM GMT-3 · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
8. 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Nov 15, 10:57 PM GMT-3 · 3963 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
9. 4.442 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Nov 12, 2:54 AM GMT-3 · 3967 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
10. 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Nov 11, 4:59 AM GMT-3 · 3968 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
11. 4.493 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 9, 12:43 PM GMT-3 · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
12. 4.198 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Nov 8, 6:42 PM GMT-3 · 3970 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
13. 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 3971 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
14. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 3, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
15. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 31, 4:29 PM GMT-3 · 3978 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
16. 4.278 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 9:41 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
17. 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
18. 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 1:20 PM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
19. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:51 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
20. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:34 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100040mh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:13 AM UTC.