M4.2 earthquake 45 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 8:05 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-18 11:05:56 UTC

Depth

42.9 km (26.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.554° S, 71.644° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.3 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

115°

Stations used

47

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast42 kmNNW
• Viña del Mar, ChilePopulation 334,248. Forecast164 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast231 kmNNW

After

1. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:03 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
2. 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:13 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 112
3. 4.295 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
4. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
5. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:41 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
6. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:17 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 8
7. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:45 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
8. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 1:45 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
9. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:46 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
10. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
11. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:26 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
12. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
13. 4.39 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 9:23 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
14. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
15. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
16. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 1:21 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
17. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:05 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
18. 4.576 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:05 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
19. 5.074 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:32 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
20. 4.478 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:55 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
21. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:05 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
22. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
23. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:53 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
24. 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:09 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
25. 4.069 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
26. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
27. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
28. 4.191 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
29. 4.082 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:48 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
30. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:52 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
31. 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
32. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
33. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 6:16 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
34. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 9:15 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
35. 4.744 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 10:35 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
36. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileThu, Sep 24, 11:39 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
37. 5.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:13 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
38. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
39. 4.432 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:34 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
40. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 2:21 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
41. 4.551 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 3:20 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
42. 4.295 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 25, 2:22 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
43. 4.096 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:13 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
44. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:25 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
45. 4.398 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:56 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
46. 4.052 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:33 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
47. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:47 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
48. 6.326 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 11:51 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 110
49. 5.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
50. 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:47 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
51. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:00 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
52. 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
53. 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:16 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
54. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
55. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:22 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
56. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
57. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
58. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 8:15 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
59. 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 10:06 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
60. 4.271 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:49 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003l6a. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.