Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 74 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 74 km W of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 1:32 PM GMT-3 (16:32 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 73 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-17 16:32:38 UTC
Depth
24.7 km (15.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.557° S, 71.949° 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.

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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 2°, dip 34°, rake 101°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 168°, dip 57°, rake 83°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
143°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 29
  3. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.448 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
  7. 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 11
  10. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 43
  14. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 112
  23. 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
  27. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  28. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  32. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 4.39 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 4.6156 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  41. 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 4.2147 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 4.432 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003km2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.