Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 9 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 9 km W of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 9:23 PM GMT-3 (00:23 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 80 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-23 00:23:46 UTC
Depth
44.5 km (27.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.634° S, 71.274° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.8 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Stations used
0

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 4.551 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  22. 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 4.052 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 6.326 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 110
  28. 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 6
  43. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 142.

Before

  1. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
  6. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  8. 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 112
  9. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 43
  14. 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 11
  18. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003n5l. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC.