M4.7 earthquake 78 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

Magnitude

4.7 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 2:18 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-17 17:18:32 UTC

Depth

3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.310° S, 72.052° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.9 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.18

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

146°

Stations used

28

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast68 kmSW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast90 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast183 kmNW

After

1. 4.489 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:38 PM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
2. 4.479 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:47 PM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
3. 4.376 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:48 PM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
4. 4.983 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:26 PM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
5. 4.4112 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:45 PM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
6. 4.498 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
7. 5.066 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
8. 4.5104 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:50 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
9. 4.164 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:21 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
10. 4.165 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:36 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
11. 4.289 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
12. 5.1109 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:55 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.077 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:10 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
14. 4.446 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:39 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
15. 3.993 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:46 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
16. 4.384 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:29 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
17. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:50 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
18. 4.353 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:00 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
19. 4.1101 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
20. 4.687 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:04 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
21. 4.983 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:32 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
22. 4.682 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:38 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
23. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:29 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
24. 4.568 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:34 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
25. 4.539 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:43 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
26. 4.375 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
27. 4.393 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:27 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
28. 4.498 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:32 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
29. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:49 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
30. 5.6109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:18 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
31. 6.292 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:10 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 24
32. 4.4104 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:48 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
33. 4.691 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 7:21 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
34. 4.245 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:05 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
35. 4.281 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:54 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
36. 4.258 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:17 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
37. 4.572 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:57 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
38. 5.264 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:51 AM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
39. 4.2106 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:13 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
40. 4.488 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:00 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
41. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
42. 4.298 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:26 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
43. 4.170 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:50 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
44. 4.188 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:52 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
45. 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:18 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
46. 4.695 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:25 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
47. 4.787 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:39 PM GMT-3 · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
48. 3.963 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:26 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
49. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:47 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
50. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:30 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
51. 4.284 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
52. 4.446 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:42 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
53. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:55 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
54. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
55. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:23 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
56. 4.487 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
57. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:13 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
58. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:55 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
59. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:59 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
60. 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
2. 4.174 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:32 PM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
3. 4.460 km SW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:19 PM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
4. 4.875 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:01 PM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
5. 4.168 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
6. 4.544 km NW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:14 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
7. 4.575 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:39 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
8. 5.9113 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:32 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.670 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:25 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
10. 5.913 km NNW of Viña del Mar, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:14 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
11. 5.398 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:09 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
12. 4.355 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:42 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
13. 4.245 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:37 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
14. 4.376 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:12 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
15. 4.5116 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:53 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
16. 4.685 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:42 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
17. 4.464 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
18. 4.5113 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:03 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
19. 4.262 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:01 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
20. 4.482 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:41 AM GMT-3 · 4036 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003j6r. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.