M4.5 earthquake 79 km W of La Ligua, Chile

Magnitude

4.5 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, Oct 22, 2015, 10:52 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-10-23 01:52:52 UTC

Depth

9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.376° S, 72.069° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.4 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

180°

Stations used

35

• Quintero, ChilePopulation 22,174. Forecast68 kmNW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast84 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast179 kmNW

After

1. 4.191 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 26, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
2. 4.429 km N of Valparaíso, ChileTue, Oct 27, 3:32 PM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
3. 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
4. 4.688 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 7:31 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
5. 4.3108 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:34 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
6. 4.097 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 8:51 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
7. 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 29, 1:20 PM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
8. 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
9. 4.278 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 30, 9:41 AM GMT-3 · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
10. 4.198 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Nov 8, 6:42 PM GMT-3 · 3971 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
11. 4.493 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 9, 12:43 PM GMT-3 · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
12. 4.236 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Nov 11, 4:59 AM GMT-3 · 3968 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
13. 4.442 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Nov 12, 2:54 AM GMT-3 · 3967 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
14. 4.186 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 16, 12:15 PM GMT-3 · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
15. 4.273 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 17, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3962 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
16. 4.353 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Nov 21, 4:37 PM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
17. 4.072 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Nov 23, 1:37 AM GMT-3 · 3956 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
18. 4.299 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 1:46 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
19. 5.092 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
20. 4.2103 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
21. 4.6100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 6:19 PM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
22. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 24, 8:42 PM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
23. 4.277 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Dec 2, 9:25 PM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
24. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 3, 10:54 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
25. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
26. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away

Before

1. 4.283 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 20, 11:12 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
2. 4.076 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 17, 5:32 PM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
3. 4.291 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 17, 5:38 AM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
4. 3.995 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 13, 2:46 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
5. 4.163 km NW of La Ligua, ChileSun, Oct 11, 11:59 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
6. 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 10, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
7. 4.1104 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 4:34 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
8. 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 18
9. 4.1116 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 8:43 PM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
10. 4.2121 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 10:06 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
11. 4.175 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 6, 10:52 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
12. 4.288 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 5, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Oct 5, 6:58 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
14. 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Oct 5, 6:51 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
15. 4.377 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 5, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
16. 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 4, 11:02 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
17. 4.5107 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:01 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
18. 4.081 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 6:08 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
19. 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:42 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
20. 4.054 km WNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Oct 3, 1:26 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003qvd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.