M4.5 earthquake 42 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.5 (mb), light

Local time

Mon, Dec 21, 2015, 2:04 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-12-21 17:04:52 UTC

Depth

43.0 km (26.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.518° S, 71.596° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 7.0 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

142°

Stations used

33

• Illapel, ChilePopulation 22,816. Forecast42 kmWNW
• Viña del Mar, ChilePopulation 334,248. Forecast168 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast233 kmNNW

After

1. 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 22, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3927 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
2. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 23, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3926 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
3. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 24, 11:39 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
4. 4.169 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 1:02 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
5. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:19 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
6. 5.096 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
7. 4.686 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
8. 4.292 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 3:53 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
9. 3.894 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
10. 4.187 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
11. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
12. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 27, 1:13 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
13. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 8:47 PM GMT-3 · 3921 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
14. 4.334 km ENE of Salamanca, ChileMon, Dec 28, 4:25 AM GMT-3 · 3921 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
15. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 30, 6:29 PM GMT-3 · 3918 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
16. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 1, 2:46 AM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
17. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jan 1, 3:03 AM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
18. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 4, 12:16 PM GMT-3 · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
19. 4.051 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Jan 6, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3912 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
20. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 6, 11:09 PM GMT-3 · 3911 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
21. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 7, 10:12 PM GMT-3 · 3910 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 26
22. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jan 10, 10:33 AM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
23. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 11, 6:16 PM GMT-3 · 3906 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
24. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 12, 4:01 PM GMT-3 · 3906 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
25. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jan 16, 5:36 PM GMT-3 · 3901 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
26. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, ChileTue, Jan 19, 4:08 AM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
27. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 25, 1:35 AM GMT-3 · 3893 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
28. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 25, 10:35 PM GMT-3 · 3892 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
29. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 27, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 3891 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
30. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 1, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 3886 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
31. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
32. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
33. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:24 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
34. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
35. 4.495 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 6, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3880 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
36. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 9:13 AM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
37. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 8:45 PM GMT-3 · 3878 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
38. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 9:52 PM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
39. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 10:04 PM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
40. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 9, 10:14 PM GMT-3 · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
41. 4.031 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 12, 12:51 AM GMT-3 · 3875 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
42. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, ChileFri, Feb 12, 6:43 PM GMT-3 · 3874 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
43. 4.867 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Feb 17, 7:54 AM GMT-3 · 3870 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away

Before

1. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3931 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
2. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 1:18 AM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
3. 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 15, 5:37 PM GMT-3 · 3933 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
4. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 13, 9:08 AM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
5. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
6. 4.244 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Dec 12, 5:49 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
7. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
8. 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 9, 9:37 PM GMT-3 · 3939 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
9. 4.363 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 9, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3940 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
10. 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 10:11 PM GMT-3 · 3940 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
11. 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 10:32 AM GMT-3 · 3941 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
12. 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 9:56 AM GMT-3 · 3941 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
13. 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 7, 4:51 AM GMT-3 · 3942 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 11
14. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 6, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
15. 4.042 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Dec 5, 11:55 AM GMT-3 · 3944 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
16. 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 4, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 3945 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
17. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 3, 10:54 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
18. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 3, 8:36 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
19. 4.277 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Dec 2, 9:25 PM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
20. 4.729 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Dec 1, 4:26 AM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004999. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:17 AM UTC.