M3.9 earthquake 63 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

Magnitude

3.9 (mwr), minor

Local time

Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 6:26 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-18 21:26:13 UTC

Depth

15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.309° S, 71.888° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Oblique reverse

Moment magnitude

3.9 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 47°, dip 50°, rake 138°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 167°, dip 60°, rake 49°

Location uncertainty

About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

187°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

38

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast57 kmSW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast84 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast172 kmNW

After

1. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:47 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
2. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:30 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
3. 4.284 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
4. 4.446 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:42 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
5. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:55 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
6. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
7. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:23 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
8. 4.487 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
9. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:13 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
10. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:55 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
11. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:59 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
12. 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
13. 6.279 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:52 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 49
14. 4.956 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
15. 3.758 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:35 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
16. 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:36 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
17. 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:58 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
18. 4.598 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:02 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
19. 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:24 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
20. 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:10 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
21. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:21 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
22. 3.774 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
23. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:02 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
24. 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:09 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
25. 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:14 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
26. 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:41 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
27. 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:27 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
28. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:10 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
29. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 8:21 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
30. 4.181 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:29 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
31. 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:48 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
32. 4.343 km W of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:59 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
33. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:21 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
34. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:42 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
35. 4.373 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 11:41 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
36. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 1:22 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
37. 5.193 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:07 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
38. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:49 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
39. 4.655 km W of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
40. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:20 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
41. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:57 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
42. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 9:36 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
43. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 11:37 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
44. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:38 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
45. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:17 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
46. 4.040 km W of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:07 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
47. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:30 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
48. 6.154 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:39 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 128
49. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:50 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
50. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
51. 4.165 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:05 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
52. 4.180 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:01 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
53. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
54. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
55. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:47 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
56. 4.265 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:08 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
57. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:56 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 43
58. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:05 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
59. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
60. 4.448 km W of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 6:17 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 162.

Before

1. 4.787 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:39 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
2. 4.695 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:25 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
3. 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:18 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
4. 4.188 km WSW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:52 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
5. 4.170 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:50 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
6. 4.298 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:26 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
7. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
8. 4.488 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:00 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
9. 4.2106 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:13 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
10. 5.264 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:51 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.572 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:57 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
12. 4.258 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:17 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
13. 4.281 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:54 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
14. 4.245 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:05 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
15. 4.691 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 7:21 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
16. 4.4104 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:48 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
17. 6.292 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:10 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 24
18. 5.6109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:18 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
19. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:49 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
20. 4.498 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:32 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lke. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC.