M4.1 earthquake 63 km NW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 63 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Oct 11, 2015, 11:59 PM GMT-3 (02:59 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 49 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-12 02:59:05 UTC
- Depth
- 37.4 km (23.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.114° S, 71.780° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.9 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 158 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.995 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3994 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.076 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3992 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.283 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3990 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.579 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3988 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.336 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3987 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3986 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3984 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.429 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3982 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3972 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.198 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3971 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.493 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3968 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.442 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3967 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.273 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.353 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.072 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3955 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.729 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3948 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.277 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3947 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3942 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 11
Before
- 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 18
- 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1116 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2121 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.175 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.735 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 4.288 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4005 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.377 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.081 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.054 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4007 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.148 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
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