M4.6 earthquake 91 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.6 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 12:34 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-17 03:34:50 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.865° S, 72.098° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

134°

Stations used

68

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast57 kmW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast137 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast223 kmNW

After

1. 4.764 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:39 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
2. 4.680 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
3. 4.269 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:54 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
4. 4.699 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:54 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
5. 6.554 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:55 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 12
6. 5.785 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:02 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
7. 5.156 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:05 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
8. 6.761 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:10 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 50
9. 5.580 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:26 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
10. 5.198 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:32 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
11. 5.280 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:38 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
12. 4.9139 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:43 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
13. 4.4121 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:46 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
14. 4.547 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:00 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
15. 4.864 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
16. 4.346 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:20 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
17. 4.691 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:26 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
18. 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
19. 5.279 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:40 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
20. 5.592 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:44 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
21. 4.489 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:51 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
22. 4.889 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:57 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
23. 4.742 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:01 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
24. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:17 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
25. 4.545 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:20 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
26. 4.867 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:20 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
27. 4.974 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:38 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
28. 4.382 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:57 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
29. 4.3125 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:05 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
30. 4.368 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:17 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
31. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:18 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
32. 4.777 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:18 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
33. 4.941 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:28 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
34. 4.474 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:31 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
35. 4.580 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:46 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
36. 4.491 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
37. 4.460 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:05 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
38. 4.574 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:10 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
39. 4.374 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:14 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
40. 4.489 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:16 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
41. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:23 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
42. 4.573 km NW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:31 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
43. 4.722 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:32 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
44. 4.670 km NW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:39 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
45. 4.482 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:41 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
46. 4.262 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:01 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
47. 4.5113 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:03 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
48. 4.681 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:12 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
49. 4.680 km NW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:27 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
50. 4.464 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
51. 4.685 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:42 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
52. 4.471 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
53. 4.5116 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:53 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
54. 4.376 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:12 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
55. 4.457 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:23 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
56. 4.245 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:37 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
57. 4.355 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:42 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
58. 5.398 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:09 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
59. 4.660 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:24 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
60. 4.670 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:25 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 4.537 km NW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:32 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
2. 4.161 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:26 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
3. 4.8101 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:24 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
4. 4.658 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:20 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
5. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
6. 4.457 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:10 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
7. 4.772 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:44 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
8. 4.367 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:41 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
9. 4.827 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:36 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
10. 4.948 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:34 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
11. 5.0161 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:21 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
12. 4.5110 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:20 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
13. 4.697 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:13 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
14. 4.872 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:08 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
15. 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
16. 4.879 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:59 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
17. 4.670 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:57 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
18. 4.769 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:55 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
19. 4.663 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
20. 5.091 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:46 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003kfa. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.