Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 88 km W of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 88 km W of La Ligua, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 1:00 PM GMT-3 (16:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 98 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-18 16:00:30 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.343° S, 72.168° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 354°, dip 37°, rake 85°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 180°, dip 53°, rake 94°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From moment tensor inversion
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.298 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.170 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.188 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.695 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.787 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 3.963 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.446 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  15. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 4.487 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  21. 6.279 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 49
  22. 4.956 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 3.758 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  27. 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 4.343 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  46. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 4.040 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 128
  57. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  58. 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 4.2106 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.572 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.281 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.691 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.4104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 6.292 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 24
  8. 5.6109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.498 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 4.393 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.375 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.539 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 4.568 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 4.682 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 4.983 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.687 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 4.1101 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.384 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lg5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC.