Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 64 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 64 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 6:21 PM GMT-3 (21:21 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 39 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 21:21:00 UTC
Depth
29.7 km (18.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.456° S, 71.816° 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 9°, dip 44°, rake 105°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 169°, dip 48°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.8 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 196 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.123 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.165 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 5.275 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.050 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 5.1109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.077 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.446 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 3.993 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.551 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 4.384 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.353 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 4.1101 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 4.764 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 4.9Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.983 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 4.682 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 5.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 4.568 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 4.539 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 4.375 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 4.393 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 4.361 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 4.460 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 4.237 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 4.498 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4027 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 4.456 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 4.562 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 4.5112 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 4.691 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 4.245 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 4.281 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 4.572 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4027 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 5.264 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  40. 4.230 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 4.177 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4027 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 4.797 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  46. 4.298 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 4.170 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4027 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 4.188 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 4.431 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 4.695 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 4.787 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 4.960 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 4.482 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 4.233 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 3.963 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4027 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 4.262 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.177 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 4.5104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 5.066 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.498 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.4112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.4117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.983 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.581 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 4.430 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.376 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.479 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.639 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.778 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4028 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 4.174 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 4.460 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 5.337 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003kxl. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC.