Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 91 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 91 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 9:32 PM GMT-3 (00:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.7 61 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-17 00:32:29 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.822° S, 72.113° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
106

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.071 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.678 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 5.176 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.656 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 5.0101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.766 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.9102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.652 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.867 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.569 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.672 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 5.264 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.4113 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 4.4102 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.685 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 5.882 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 4.995 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 5.160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 6.470 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9
  20. 5.091 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 4.663 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 4.769 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 4.670 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 4.879 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 4.872 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 4.697 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 4.5110 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 5.0161 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 4.948 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 4.827 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 4.367 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 4.772 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 4.457 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 4.658 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 4.8101 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 4.161 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 4.537 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 4.691 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 4.764 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 4.680 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 4.269 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 4.699 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 6.554 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 12
  46. 5.785 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  47. 5.156 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 6.761 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 50
  49. 5.580 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 5.198 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 5.280 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 4.9139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 4.4121 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 4.547 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 4.864 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 4.346 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 4.691 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 5.279 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 5.592 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.880 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 5.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.869 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 4.7155 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.885 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.791 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.745 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 5.091 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 5.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 4.659 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.978 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 4.674 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 4.593 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 5.982 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  16. 4.971 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 5.3102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 5.167 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 5.271 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 5.170 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003kac. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC.