M4.3 earthquake 36 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 36 km W of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Oct 23, 2015, 11:26 PM GMT-3 (02:26 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 36 km NW 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-24 02:26:25 UTC
- Depth
- 37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.580° S, 71.548° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 170°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3987 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 6
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3985 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3985 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3984 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3983 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3982 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3982 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3982 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3982 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3982 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3982 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3980 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3977 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3976 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
- 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3973 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3973 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3973 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 9
- 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3973 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3973 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.321 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3973 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.198 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3972 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.493 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3971 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.627 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3970 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3970 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.425 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3966 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3965 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3964 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.273 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3963 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.129 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3961 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.353 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3959 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.327 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.072 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3958 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3957 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.729 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3950 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.277 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3948 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3947 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3947 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.042 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3944 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3944 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 11
- 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3942 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3942 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3942 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3938 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3988 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3990 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3991 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.283 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3991 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3991 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3992 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3992 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.276 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3992 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3992 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3992 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.076 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3994 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3994 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3995 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3995 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000407r. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC.