Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 74 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 74 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 12:17 AM GMT-3 (03:17 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 54 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-21 03:17:12 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.269° S, 71.996° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
165°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.040 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 128
  4. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
  9. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 43
  13. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 4.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 8
  24. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 4.39 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  32. 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  38. 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  47. 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4015 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 4.052 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 4.375 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 4.2163 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 4.343 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003mb8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC.