M3.9 earthquake 93 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

Magnitude

3.9 (mwr), minor

Local time

Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 7:01 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-22 10:01:46 UTC

Depth

16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.132° S, 72.153° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

3.9 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 17°, dip 25°, rake 107°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 179°, dip 66°, rake 82°

Location uncertainty

About 4.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

From moment tensor inversion

Station coverage gap

193°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

35

• Los Vilos, ChilePopulation 18,275. Forecast66 kmWSW
• Valparaíso, ChilePopulation 282,448. Forecast112 kmNNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast204 kmNW

After

1. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:17 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 8
2. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 1:45 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
3. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
4. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
5. 4.39 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 9:23 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
6. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
7. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:59 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
8. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 1:21 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.576 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:05 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
10. 5.074 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:32 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
11. 4.478 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:55 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
12. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:05 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
13. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
14. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:06 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
15. 4.069 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:25 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
16. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
17. 4.191 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
18. 4.082 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:48 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
19. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:52 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
20. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
21. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 6:16 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
22. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 9:15 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
23. 4.744 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 10:35 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
24. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileThu, Sep 24, 11:39 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
25. 4.590 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 2:21 PM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
26. 4.498 km W of La Ligua, ChileThu, Sep 24, 11:59 PM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
27. 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileFri, Sep 25, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
28. 4.295 km W of La Ligua, ChileFri, Sep 25, 2:22 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
29. 4.096 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:13 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
30. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:25 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
31. 4.398 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:56 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
32. 4.052 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:33 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
33. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:47 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
34. 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:16 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
35. 4.375 km WNW of Valparaíso, ChileSat, Sep 26, 7:46 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
36. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 8:15 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
37. 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 10:06 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
38. 4.271 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:49 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
39. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
40. 4.373 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
41. 4.3172 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 8:59 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
42. 4.2163 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 9:06 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
43. 5.450 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:04 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
44. 4.084 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 12:07 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
45. 4.8109 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 3:05 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
46. 4.556 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:29 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
47. 4.434 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:59 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
48. 4.351 km W of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 28, 11:56 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
49. 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 3:24 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
50. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
51. 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:42 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
52. 4.484 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
53. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 3:59 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
54. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
55. 4.2160 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:29 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
56. 4.489 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 30, 5:12 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
57. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 1, 12:21 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
58. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, ChileThu, Oct 1, 6:28 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
59. 4.553 km WNW of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Oct 1, 11:31 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
60. 4.148 km WNW of Valparaíso, ChileThu, Oct 1, 1:47 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

1. 4.295 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:03 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
3. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 12:38 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
4. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:46 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
5. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:14 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
6. 3.750 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 7:25 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
7. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:24 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
8. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:05 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
9. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:56 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 43
10. 4.265 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:08 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
11. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:47 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
12. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
13. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
14. 4.180 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:01 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
15. 4.165 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:05 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
16. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
17. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:50 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
18. 6.154 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:39 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 128
19. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:30 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
20. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:17 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003mtn. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 8:22 PM UTC.