M4.0 earthquake 103 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.0 (mwr), light

Local time

Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 8:21 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-19 23:21:24 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.763° S, 72.246° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.0 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 10°, dip 52°, rake 95°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 181°, dip 38°, rake 83°

Location uncertainty

About 5.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

193°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

44

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast72 kmWNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast153 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast241 kmNW

After

1. 4.181 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:29 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
2. 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:48 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
3. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:18 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
4. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:21 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
5. 4.363 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:23 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
6. 4.251 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:26 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
7. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:42 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
8. 4.373 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 11:41 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
9. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 1:22 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
10. 5.193 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:07 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:28 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
12. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:49 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
13. 4.655 km W of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
14. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:20 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
15. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:57 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
16. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 9:36 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
17. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 11:37 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
18. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:38 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
19. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:49 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
20. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:17 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
21. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:30 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
22. 6.154 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:39 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 128
23. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:50 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
24. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:32 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
25. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
26. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
27. 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:35 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
28. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:49 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
29. 4.165 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:05 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
30. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:37 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 29
31. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
32. 4.180 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:01 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
33. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
34. 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:08 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
35. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
36. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:36 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 11
37. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:47 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
38. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:57 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
39. 4.265 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:08 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
40. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:56 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 43
41. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:05 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
42. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
43. 3.750 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 7:25 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
44. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:14 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
45. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:46 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
46. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 12:38 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
47. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:03 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
48. 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:13 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 112
49. 4.295 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
50. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
51. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:17 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
52. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:45 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
53. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 1:45 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
54. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:46 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
55. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
56. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:26 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
57. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
58. 4.39 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 9:23 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
59. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
60. 4.6156 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:01 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 183.

Before

1. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:10 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
2. 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:49 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
3. 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:27 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
4. 4.6183 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:57 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
5. 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:41 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
6. 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:14 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
7. 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:09 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
8. 4.072 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:52 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
9. 4.3167 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:38 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
10. 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:13 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
11. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:02 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
12. 3.774 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
13. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:21 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
14. 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:10 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
15. 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:24 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
16. 4.598 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:02 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003m1g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:32 AM UTC.