M5.0 earthquake 161 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

Magnitude

5.0 (mb), moderate

Local time

Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 11:21 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-17 02:21:05 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.982° S, 72.851° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 7.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

89°

Stations used

69

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast128 kmW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast164 kmNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast263 kmNW

After

1. 4.8101 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:24 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
2. 4.691 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:34 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
3. 4.680 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
4. 4.699 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:54 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
5. 4.4121 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:46 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
6. 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
7. 5.592 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:44 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
8. 4.489 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:51 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
9. 4.889 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:57 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
10. 4.974 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:38 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
11. 4.382 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:57 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
12. 4.3125 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:05 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
13. 4.777 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:18 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
14. 4.580 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:46 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
15. 4.491 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
16. 4.574 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:10 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
17. 4.374 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:14 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
18. 4.482 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:41 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
19. 4.5113 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:03 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
20. 4.464 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
21. 4.685 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:42 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
22. 4.5116 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:53 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
23. 4.376 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:12 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
24. 5.398 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:09 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
25. 4.670 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:25 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
26. 4.3110 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:51 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
27. 5.9113 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:32 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
28. 4.4133 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:38 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
29. 4.875 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:01 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
30. 4.174 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:32 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
31. 4.778 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:18 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
32. 4.489 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:38 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
33. 4.479 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:47 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
34. 4.983 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:26 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
35. 4.4112 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:45 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
36. 4.498 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
37. 5.066 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
38. 4.5104 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:50 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
39. 4.289 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
40. 5.1109 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:55 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
41. 4.077 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:10 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
42. 3.993 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:46 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
43. 4.384 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:29 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
44. 4.1101 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
45. 4.687 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:04 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
46. 4.983 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:32 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
47. 4.682 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:38 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
48. 4.568 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:34 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
49. 4.375 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:04 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
50. 4.393 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:27 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
51. 4.498 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:32 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
52. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:49 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
53. 5.6109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:18 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
54. 6.292 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:10 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 24
55. 4.5112 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:35 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
56. 4.4104 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:48 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
57. 4.691 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 7:21 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
58. 4.281 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:54 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
59. 4.572 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:57 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
60. 4.2106 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:13 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

1. 4.5110 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:20 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
2. 4.697 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:13 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
3. 4.872 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:08 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
4. 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
5. 4.879 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:59 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
6. 5.091 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:46 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
7. 5.882 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:33 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
8. 4.685 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
9. 4.4102 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:28 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
10. 4.4113 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:26 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
11. 4.9102 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:09 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
12. 5.0101 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:50 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
13. 4.678 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:37 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
14. 4.891 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:32 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
15. 5.291 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:22 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
16. 4.869 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:18 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
17. 4.7155 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:17 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
18. 5.091 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:01 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
19. 5.080 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:00 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
20. 4.593 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:51 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003rd9. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC.