M4.0 earthquake 96 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.0 (mwr), light

Local time

Fri, Sep 25, 2015, 6:13 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-25 09:13:36 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.774° S, 72.171° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.0 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 359°, dip 40°, rake 88°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 182°, dip 50°, rake 92°

Location uncertainty

About 4.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

81°

Stations used

50

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast65 kmWNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast149 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast235 kmNW

After

1. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:25 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
2. 4.398 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:56 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
3. 4.052 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:33 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
4. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:47 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
5. 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:16 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
6. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
7. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 8:15 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
8. 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 10:06 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
9. 4.271 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:49 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
10. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
11. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:18 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
12. 4.373 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
13. 4.3172 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 8:59 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
14. 4.2163 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 9:06 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
15. 5.450 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:04 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
16. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
17. 4.084 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 12:07 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
18. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:16 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
19. 4.8109 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 3:05 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
20. 4.556 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:29 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
21. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
22. 4.434 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:59 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
23. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:27 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
24. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
25. 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 3:24 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
26. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
27. 4.484 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
28. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 3:59 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
29. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
30. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 9:30 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
31. 4.2160 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:29 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
32. 4.489 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 30, 5:12 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
33. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 1, 12:21 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
34. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 1, 6:28 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
35. 4.5155 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:54 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
36. 4.4157 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:13 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
37. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Oct 2, 11:48 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
38. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:42 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
39. 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:42 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
40. 4.081 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 6:08 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
41. 4.5107 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:01 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
42. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 9:12 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
43. 3.9164 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
44. 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 4, 11:02 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
45. 4.377 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 5, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
46. 4.6157 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 5, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
47. 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Oct 5, 6:51 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
48. 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Oct 5, 6:58 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
49. 4.288 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 5, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
50. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 6, 7:47 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
51. 4.175 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 6, 10:52 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
52. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 9:34 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
53. 4.2121 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 10:06 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
54. 4.1116 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 8:43 PM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
55. 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
56. 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 18
57. 4.1104 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 4:34 PM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
58. 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 10, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
59. 4.163 km NW of La Ligua, ChileSun, Oct 11, 11:59 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
60. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 12:15 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 8

The first 60 of 105.

Before

1. 4.295 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 25, 2:22 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
2. 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 25, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
3. 4.498 km W of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 24, 11:59 PM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
4. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 2:21 PM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
5. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileThu, Sep 24, 11:39 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
6. 4.744 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 10:35 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
7. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 9:15 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
8. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 6:16 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
9. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
10. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:52 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
11. 4.082 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:48 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
12. 4.191 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
14. 4.069 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
15. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:06 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
16. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
17. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:05 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
18. 4.478 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:55 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
19. 5.074 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:32 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
20. 4.576 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:05 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nzk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:32 AM UTC.