Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 5:54 AM GMT-3 (08:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 44 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-24 08:54:04 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.846° S, 72.205° 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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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 347°, dip 40°, rake 79°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 181°, dip 51°, rake 99°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
142°
Stations used
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4015 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 4.052 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 4.3172 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 4.2163 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
  25. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 4.2160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 4.5155 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 4.4157 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4007 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 4.081 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 4.5107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 3.9164 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 4.377 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 4.6157 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 4.288 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  56. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  57. 4.175 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 4.2121 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 4.1116 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  11. 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.6156 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 4.39 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nlq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC.