Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 47 km NW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 47 km NW of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 1:16 AM GMT-3 (04:16 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 109 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-28 04:16:09 UTC
Depth
34.1 km (21.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.374° S, 71.570° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4007 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 4.081 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 4.5107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 4.377 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 4.288 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
  45. 4.175 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4002 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 4.2121 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 4.1116 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 4.450 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 18
  58. 4.1104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 166.

Before

  1. 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
  5. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 45 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003plr. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 8:59 PM UTC.