Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 66 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 66 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 5:24 PM GMT-3 (20:24 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 109 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mwr), moderate
Local time
UTC
2015-09-17 20:24:35 UTC
Depth
16.4 km (10.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.327° S, 71.925° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
48

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003kx6. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC.