Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 70 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 4:09 PM GMT-3 (19:09 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.6 22 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-19 19:09:03 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.313° S, 71.960° 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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 354°, dip 35°, rake 91°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 172°, dip 55°, rake 89°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.1 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
86

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 161 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 139.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lya. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC.