M4.1 earthquake 101 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 101 km W of Illapel, Chile on Wed, Sep 23, 2015, 12:59 AM GMT-3 (03:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 80 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-23 03:59:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.694° S, 72.241° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.52
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2147 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.052 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.339 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.976 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3172 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2163 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.147 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.360 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.426 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.022 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5155 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 130.
Before
- 4.6156 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.39 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
- 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 112
- 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.2151 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003n7d. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC.