M4.1 earthquake 69 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

Magnitude

4.1 (mb), light

Local time

Fri, Dec 25, 2015, 1:02 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-12-25 04:02:24 UTC

Depth

3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.324° S, 71.957° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.5 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

190°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

25

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast63 kmSW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast85 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast175 kmNW

After

1. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Dec 25, 6:19 AM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
2. 4.482 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Dec 25, 5:11 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
3. 5.096 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
4. 4.686 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
5. 4.292 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 3:53 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
6. 3.894 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 5:43 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
7. 4.187 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 26, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
8. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
9. 4.453 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 8:47 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
10. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jan 1, 3:03 AM GMT-3 · 3918 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
11. 4.051 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileWed, Jan 6, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3913 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
12. 4.330 km WSW of Salamanca, ChileTue, Jan 19, 4:08 AM GMT-3 · 3900 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
13. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 25, 1:35 AM GMT-3 · 3894 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
14. 4.853 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Jan 25, 9:19 PM GMT-3 · 3893 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 25
15. 4.243 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileWed, Jan 27, 12:09 PM GMT-3 · 3891 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
16. 4.495 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 6, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 3881 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
17. 4.381 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 9:13 AM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
18. 3.976 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Feb 8, 8:45 PM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
19. 4.316 km SW of Illapel, ChileFri, Feb 12, 6:43 PM GMT-3 · 3875 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
20. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Feb 22, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away

Before

1. 4.1102 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 24, 11:39 PM GMT-3 · 3925 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
2. 4.338 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileTue, Dec 22, 10:40 PM GMT-3 · 3927 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 21, 2:04 PM GMT-3 · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
4. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
5. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
6. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
7. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 6, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
8. 4.2107 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 3, 10:54 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
9. 4.277 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Dec 2, 9:25 PM GMT-3 · 3947 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
10. 4.729 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Dec 1, 4:26 AM GMT-3 · 3949 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004bab. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC.