Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Nov 3, 2015, 7:28 AM GMT-3 (10:28 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 29 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-11-03 10:28:58 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.203° S, 72.205° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3975 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.071 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.583 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
  7. 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
  12. 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3971 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.321 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3971 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 4.198 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 4.493 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 4.627 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3969 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.375 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3968 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3967 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 4.181 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 4.425 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3965 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 4.273 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 4.129 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  30. 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  32. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3959 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 4.353 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3957 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
  37. 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 4.775 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 4.327 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 4.072 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3954 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3953 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3952 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 5.690 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3951 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 4.558 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3951 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 4.149 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 4.729 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3948 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 4.156 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 4.888 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 4.277 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3946 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 4.4111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.5147 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.478 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3977 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3978 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3980 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3982 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 4.396 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3985 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  19. 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3985 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
  20. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3985 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200041j9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:46 AM UTC.