M4.4 earthquake 98 km W of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 98 km W of La Ligua, Chile on Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 11:59 PM GMT-3 (02:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 71 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-25 02:59:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.306° S, 72.266° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 345°, dip 19°, rake 87°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 169°, dip 71°, rake 91°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 130 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4015 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.096 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.398 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.052 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.291 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.375 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.587 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.277 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3172 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2163 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.8109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.351 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 3.583 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.145 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2160 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.553 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.148 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4157 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4008 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.054 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4007 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.081 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.9164 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.944 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.377 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.288 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.175 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2121 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1116 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4002 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.554 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 18
- 4.1104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.148 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4000 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.163 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.995 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.076 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3992 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.283 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3989 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.579 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3987 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.429 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.256 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.688 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3108 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.097 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.997 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3981 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.386 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nwy. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC.