M4.5 earthquake 41 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 41 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 7:28 AM GMT-3 (10:28 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 79 km W of La Ligua, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-19 10:28:48 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.132° S, 71.454° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.279 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 49
- 4.956 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.758 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.251 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 128
- 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
- 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 43
- 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 112
- 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
- 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.39 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 149.
Before
- 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.487 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.446 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.262 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.963 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.787 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.695 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.188 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.170 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.298 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4023 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.488 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lu3. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:16 AM UTC.