Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 88 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 88 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 3:52 PM GMT-3 (18:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 70 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-18 18:52:09 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.880° S, 72.053° 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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 327°, dip 36°, rake 67°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 175°, dip 57°, rake 106°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
143°
Stations used
51

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

  1. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 4.487 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 5.766 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
  10. 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  12. 6.279 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 49
  13. 4.956 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.758 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 4.072 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 4.251 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  40. 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 128
  52. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  53. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 29
  57. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
  60. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nnx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC.