M4.5 earthquake 98 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 98 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 4:18 PM GMT-3 (19:18 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 70 km WNW 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-18 19:18:08 UTC
- Depth
- 19.6 km (12.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.928° S, 72.148° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 46
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
- 4.262 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.446 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.487 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 6.279 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 49
- 4.956 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.758 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.072 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.251 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 128
- 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
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