Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 4:03 AM GMT-3 (07:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 74 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-22 07:03:55 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.148° S, 72.349° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 8
  4. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  12. 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  27. 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 4.052 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 4.375 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 4.3172 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 4.2163 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
  43. 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 4.351 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4012 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  47. 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  50. 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 4.2160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 4.553 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 4.148 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 4.5155 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 4.4157 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 43
  8. 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  15. 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 128
  16. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003ms8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.