Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 70 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 3:50 PM GMT-3 (18:50 UTC), 14 km (9 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
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-18 18:50:39 UTC
Depth
14.5 km (9.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.330° S, 71.962° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.2 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
163°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.188 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.695 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.787 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.963 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.446 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  12. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 4.487 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  18. 6.279 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 49
  19. 4.956 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 3.758 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  24. 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 4.343 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  43. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 4.040 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 128
  54. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  55. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
  59. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 166.

Before

  1. 4.298 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.488 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.2106 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.572 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.281 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.245 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.691 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.4104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 6.292 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 24
  12. 5.6109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.498 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 4.393 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 4.375 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.539 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.568 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 4.682 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lgm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:22 AM UTC.