M4.7 earthquake 87 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.7 (mwr), light

Local time

Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 4:39 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-18 19:39:21 UTC

Depth

5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.642° S, 72.089° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.7 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 172°, dip 84°, rake 86°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 26°, dip 8°, rake 124°

Location uncertainty

About 4.4 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

74°

Stations used

84

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast63 kmWNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast161 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast243 kmNW

After

1. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:18 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
2. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:21 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
3. 4.363 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:23 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
4. 4.251 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:26 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
5. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:42 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
6. 4.373 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 11:41 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
7. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 1:22 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
8. 5.193 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:07 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:28 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
10. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:49 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
11. 4.655 km W of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
12. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:20 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
13. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:57 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
14. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 9:36 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
15. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 11:37 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
16. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:38 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
17. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:49 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
18. 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:05 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
19. 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 8:00 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
20. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:17 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
21. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:30 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
22. 6.154 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:39 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 128
23. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:50 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
24. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:32 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
25. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
26. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
27. 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:35 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
28. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:49 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
29. 4.165 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:05 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
30. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:37 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 29
31. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
32. 4.180 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:01 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
33. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
34. 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:08 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
35. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
36. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:36 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 11
37. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:47 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
38. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:57 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
39. 4.265 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:08 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
40. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:56 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 43
41. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:05 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
42. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
43. 3.750 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 7:25 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
44. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
45. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:14 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
46. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:46 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
47. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 12:38 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
48. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:03 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
49. 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:13 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 112
50. 4.295 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
51. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
52. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:41 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
53. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:17 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
54. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:45 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
55. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 1:45 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
56. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:46 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
57. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
58. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:26 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
59. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
60. 4.39 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 9:23 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lhk. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:30 AM UTC.