Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 72 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 72 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 9:57 AM GMT-3 (12:57 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 64 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-18 12:57:16 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.218° S, 71.946° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.9 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
148°
Stations used
36

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 185.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200041b2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:13 PM UTC.