M4.2 earthquake 173 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 7:08 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-18 22:08:47 UTC

Depth

8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.410° S, 72.974° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.9 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

151°

Stations used

39

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast150 kmWNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast221 kmNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast315 kmNW

After

1. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:30 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
2. 4.284 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
3. 4.0143 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:37 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
4. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:55 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
5. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:14 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
6. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:12 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
7. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:23 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
8. 4.487 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
9. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:59 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
10. 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:41 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
11. 4.598 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:02 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
12. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:02 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
13. 4.3167 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:38 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
14. 4.6183 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:57 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
15. 4.5126 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:42 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
16. 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:49 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
17. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 8:21 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
18. 4.181 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:29 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
19. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:18 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
20. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:42 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
21. 5.193 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:07 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
22. 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:28 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
23. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:49 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
24. 4.4141 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 4:40 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
25. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:20 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
26. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:57 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
27. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 9:36 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
28. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:38 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
29. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:49 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
30. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:32 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
31. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
32. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
33. 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:35 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
34. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:49 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
35. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
36. 4.180 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:01 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
37. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
38. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:57 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
39. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
40. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:46 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
41. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 12:38 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
42. 4.295 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
43. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:45 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
44. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
45. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
46. 4.6156 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:01 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
47. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
48. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 1:21 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
49. 4.576 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:05 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
50. 5.074 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:32 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
51. 4.478 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:55 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
52. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
53. 4.3141 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 6:58 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
54. 4.191 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
55. 4.082 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:48 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
56. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:52 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
57. 4.2147 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:11 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
58. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
59. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 6:16 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
60. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 9:15 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

1. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:47 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
2. 4.787 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:39 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
3. 4.695 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:25 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
4. 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:18 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
5. 4.298 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:26 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
6. 4.797 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:15 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
7. 4.8141 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:53 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
8. 4.281 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:54 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
9. 4.691 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 7:21 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
10. 4.5112 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:35 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
11. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:43 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
12. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:49 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
13. 4.393 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:27 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
14. 4.375 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
15. 5.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:24 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
16. 4.983 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:32 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
17. 4.1101 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
18. 4.2152 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:44 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
19. 4.384 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:29 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
20. 5.1109 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:55 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lll. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.