M4.2 earthquake 80 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mwr), light

Local time

Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 12:24 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-19 15:24:55 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.296° S, 72.065° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Strike-slip

Moment magnitude

4.2 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 43°, dip 44°, rake -174°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 308°, dip 86°, rake -46°

Location uncertainty

About 2.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

163°

Stations used

41

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast68 kmSW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast92 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast185 kmNW

After

1. 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:10 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
2. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:21 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
3. 3.774 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:44 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
4. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:02 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
5. 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:09 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
6. 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:14 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
7. 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:41 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
8. 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:27 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
9. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:10 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
10. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 8:21 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
11. 4.181 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:29 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
12. 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:48 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
13. 4.343 km W of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:59 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
14. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:21 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
15. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:42 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
16. 4.373 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 11:41 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
17. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 1:22 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
18. 5.193 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:07 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
19. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:49 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
20. 4.655 km W of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
21. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:20 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
22. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 6:57 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
23. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 9:36 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
24. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, ChileSun, Sep 20, 11:37 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
25. 4.189 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:38 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
26. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:17 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
27. 4.040 km W of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:07 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
28. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:30 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
29. 6.154 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:39 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 128
30. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:50 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
31. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
32. 4.165 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:05 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
33. 4.180 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:01 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
34. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
35. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
36. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:47 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
37. 4.265 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:08 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
38. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:56 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 43
39. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:05 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
40. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
41. 4.448 km W of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 6:17 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
42. 3.750 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 7:25 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
43. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:14 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
44. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:46 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
45. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 12:38 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
46. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:03 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
47. 4.295 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
48. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
49. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:17 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 8
50. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 1:45 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
51. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
52. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
53. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
54. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
55. 4.576 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:05 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
56. 5.074 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:32 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
57. 4.478 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:55 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
58. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
59. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:06 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
60. 4.069 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 145.

Before

1. 4.598 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 12:02 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:58 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
3. 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:36 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
4. 3.758 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:35 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
5. 4.956 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
6. 6.279 km W of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:52 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 49
7. 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
8. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:59 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
9. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:55 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
10. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:13 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
11. 4.487 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
12. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:23 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
13. 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
14. 3.873 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:55 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
15. 4.446 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:42 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
16. 4.284 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:50 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
17. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 8:30 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
18. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:47 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
19. 3.963 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:26 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
20. 4.787 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:39 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lw0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.