M4.1 earthquake 86 km W of Illapel, Chile

Magnitude

4.1 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 7:09 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-12-12 10:09:01 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.680° S, 72.077° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.18

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

156°

Stations used

33

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast60 kmWNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast157 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast239 kmNW

After

1. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
2. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
3. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 21, 2:04 PM GMT-3 · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
4. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 23, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3926 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
5. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 24, 11:39 PM GMT-3 · 3925 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
6. 4.169 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 1:02 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
7. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:19 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
8. 4.482 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
9. 5.096 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
10. 4.686 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
11. 4.292 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 3:53 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
12. 3.894 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
13. 4.187 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
14. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
15. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 8:47 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
16. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 1, 2:46 AM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
17. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jan 1, 3:03 AM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
18. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 4, 12:16 PM GMT-3 · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
19. 4.051 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Jan 6, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3912 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
20. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jan 10, 10:33 AM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
21. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 11, 6:16 PM GMT-3 · 3907 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
22. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jan 16, 5:36 PM GMT-3 · 3902 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
23. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, ChileTue, Jan 19, 4:08 AM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
24. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 25, 1:35 AM GMT-3 · 3893 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
25. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
26. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
27. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:24 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
28. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
29. 4.495 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 6, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3881 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
30. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 9:13 AM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
31. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 8:45 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away

Before

1. 4.4143 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 1:42 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
2. 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 7, 4:51 AM GMT-3 · 3942 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 11
3. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 6, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
4. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 3, 10:54 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
5. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 3, 8:36 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
6. 4.277 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Dec 2, 9:25 PM GMT-3 · 3947 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
7. 4.729 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Dec 1, 4:26 AM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
8. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:42 PM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
9. 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:19 PM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
10. 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
11. 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
12. 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 1:46 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
13. 4.072 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 23, 1:37 AM GMT-3 · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
14. 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Nov 22, 4:59 AM GMT-3 · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
15. 4.353 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Nov 21, 4:37 PM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
16. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 19, 5:29 PM GMT-3 · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
17. 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Nov 19, 11:31 AM GMT-3 · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
18. 4.273 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 17, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
19. 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 16, 12:15 PM GMT-3 · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
20. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Nov 15, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3964 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004hk6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC.