M4.2 earthquake 110 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 110 km W of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 3:59 AM GMT-3 (06:59 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 79 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-19 06:59:01 UTC
- Depth
- 12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.682° S, 72.329° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 195°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 28
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
- 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3167 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.072 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6183 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.363 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.251 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.4141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 128
- 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 29
- 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
- 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 11
- 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 43
- 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2151 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
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