Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 97 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 97 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 3:15 PM GMT-3 (18:15 UTC), 11 km (7 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
4.7 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-18 18:15:29 UTC
Depth
11.4 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.319° S, 72.125° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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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
4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 336°, dip 24°, rake 65°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 183°, dip 68°, rake 101°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
162

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.298 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.188 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.087 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.431 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.695 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.787 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.960 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.482 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.233 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.2173 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 4.262 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.0143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.446 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 4.131 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  24. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 4.230 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 4.487 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 4.172 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 5.766 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
  35. 4.593 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 4.270 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 5.696 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  39. 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  40. 4.255 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 4.3167 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 4.072 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 4.6183 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 4.5126 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4025 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 4.331 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 4.246 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 4.439 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 4.064 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 4.363 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 4.251 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4026 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.177 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.230 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.8141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 5.264 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 4.281 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.245 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.691 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 4.5112 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.494 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 4.562 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 4.456 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 4.498 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4026 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 4.237 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 4.373 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lg7. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.