Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 63 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 63 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 8:25 PM GMT-3 (23:25 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 54 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-22 23:25:44 UTC
Depth
15.7 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.291° S, 71.877° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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 5.4 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and at least 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.39 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  21. 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 4.052 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 4.375 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  34. 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 4.351 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 4.145 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4015 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  41. 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4015 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  42. 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 4.553 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 4.148 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4013 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4012 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 4.054 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  52. 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 4.081 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 4.5107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 4.377 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4009 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4009 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 4.288 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  60. 4.175 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4022 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 8
  4. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4022 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4023 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4023 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 43
  14. 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
  18. 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4024 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003n56. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.