M4.4 earthquake 143 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.4 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 1:42 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-12-12 04:42:53 UTC

Depth

2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.203° S, 72.598° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.8 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

151°

Stations used

35

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast131 kmNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast184 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast310 kmNW

After

1. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
2. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
3. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 13, 2:31 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
4. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Dec 14, 6:12 AM GMT-3 · 3935 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
5. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 15, 1:22 AM GMT-3 · 3934 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
6. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
7. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
8. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 24, 11:39 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
9. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:19 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
10. 5.096 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
11. 4.686 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
12. 4.292 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 3:53 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
13. 3.894 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
14. 4.187 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
15. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
16. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 1, 2:46 AM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
17. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 2, 11:15 AM GMT-3 · 3916 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
18. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 4, 12:16 PM GMT-3 · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
19. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jan 10, 10:33 AM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
20. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 11, 6:16 PM GMT-3 · 3907 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
21. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jan 16, 5:36 PM GMT-3 · 3902 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
22. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 25, 1:35 AM GMT-3 · 3893 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
23. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 3, 2:20 PM GMT-3 · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
24. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
25. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
26. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:24 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
27. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
28. 4.495 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 6, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3880 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away

Before

1. 4.188 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 10, 9:18 PM GMT-3 · 3938 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
2. 4.363 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 9, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3940 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
3. 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 10:11 PM GMT-3 · 3940 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
4. 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 10:32 AM GMT-3 · 3941 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
5. 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 9:56 AM GMT-3 · 3941 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
6. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 6, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
7. 4.288 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 4, 1:56 AM GMT-3 · 3945 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
8. 4.4111 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 3, 11:48 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
9. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 3, 10:54 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
10. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 3, 8:36 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
11. 4.277 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Dec 2, 9:25 PM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
12. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 2, 7:05 PM GMT-3 · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
13. 4.558 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 28, 3:08 AM GMT-3 · 3951 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
14. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Nov 27, 5:31 AM GMT-3 · 3952 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
15. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 26, 2:08 AM GMT-3 · 3953 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
16. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:42 PM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
17. 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:19 PM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
18. 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
19. 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
20. 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 1:46 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004gnv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC.