M4.4 earthquake 46 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 46 km W of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 9:39 PM GMT-3 (00:39 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 54 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-18 00:39:05 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.624° S, 71.664° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 44
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
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 128
- 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.328 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 29
- 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.448 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
- 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 11
- 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 43
- 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 112
- 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 8
- 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.39 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
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