M4.6 earthquake 88 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.6 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 7:31 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-10-29 10:31:27 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.720° S, 72.100° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

144°

Stations used

40

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast61 kmWNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast153 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast236 kmNW

After

1. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:34 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
2. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:51 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
3. 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 1:20 PM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
4. 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
5. 4.278 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 9:41 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
6. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 31, 4:29 PM GMT-3 · 3978 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
7. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 3, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
8. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 6:30 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
9. 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 3971 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.198 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Nov 8, 6:42 PM GMT-3 · 3970 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
11. 4.493 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 9, 12:43 PM GMT-3 · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
12. 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Nov 11, 4:59 AM GMT-3 · 3968 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
13. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Nov 11, 6:11 PM GMT-3 · 3967 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
14. 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Nov 15, 10:57 PM GMT-3 · 3963 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
15. 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 16, 12:15 PM GMT-3 · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
16. 4.273 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 17, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
17. 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Nov 19, 11:31 AM GMT-3 · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
18. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 19, 5:29 PM GMT-3 · 3959 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
19. 4.353 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Nov 21, 4:37 PM GMT-3 · 3957 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
20. 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Nov 22, 4:59 AM GMT-3 · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
21. 4.072 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 23, 1:37 AM GMT-3 · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
22. 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 1:46 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
23. 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
24. 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
25. 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:19 PM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
26. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:42 PM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
27. 4.729 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Dec 1, 4:26 AM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
28. 4.277 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Dec 2, 9:25 PM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
29. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 3, 8:36 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
30. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 3, 10:54 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
31. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 6, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3942 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
32. 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 7, 4:51 AM GMT-3 · 3942 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 11
33. 4.4143 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 1:42 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
34. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
35. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
36. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3931 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
37. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 21, 2:04 PM GMT-3 · 3927 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
38. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 23, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3926 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
39. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 24, 11:39 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
40. 4.169 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 1:02 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
41. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:19 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
42. 4.482 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
43. 5.096 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
44. 4.686 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
45. 4.292 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 3:53 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
46. 3.894 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
47. 4.187 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
48. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
49. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 8:47 PM GMT-3 · 3921 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away

Before

1. 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
2. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 27, 1:05 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
3. 4.191 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 26, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
4. 5.036 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 24, 6:24 PM GMT-3 · 3985 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
5. 4.336 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 23, 11:26 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
6. 4.579 km W of La Ligua, ChileThu, Oct 22, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 3987 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
7. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 21, 7:04 PM GMT-3 · 3988 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
8. 4.283 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 20, 11:12 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
9. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 19, 7:34 PM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
10. 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 19, 2:27 PM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
11. 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 18, 8:01 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
12. 4.076 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 17, 5:32 PM GMT-3 · 3992 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
13. 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 17, 12:11 PM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
14. 4.291 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 17, 5:38 AM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
15. 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 16, 9:49 AM GMT-3 · 3994 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
16. 4.249 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 14, 5:35 AM GMT-3 · 3996 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
17. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 13, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 3996 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
18. 4.159 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 13, 4:33 PM GMT-3 · 3996 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
19. 3.995 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 13, 2:46 PM GMT-3 · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
20. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200040e4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.