M4.1 earthquake 65 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 7:36 PM GMT-3 (22:36 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 74 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-17 22:36:36 UTC
- Depth
- 34.2 km (21.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.488° S, 71.841° 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, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 32
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
- 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2147 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.432 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.551 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.052 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 6.326 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 110
- 5.038 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.576 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.339 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.976 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.865 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
- 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.147 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
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