M4.2 earthquake 6 km N of La Serena, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 11:42 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-08-24 02:42:48 UTC

Depth

44.9 km (27.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

29.844° S, 71.239° W

Region

Chile

Felt reports

2

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.8 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Stations used

0

• La Serena, ChilePopulation 154,521. Forecast7 kmN
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast406 kmN

After

1. 4.82 km N of La Serena, ChileMon, Aug 24, 2:13 AM GMT-3 · 4048 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
2. 4.532 km NW of La Serena, ChileTue, Aug 25, 3:16 AM GMT-3 · 4047 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
3. 4.327 km NW of La Serena, ChileWed, Aug 26, 8:49 PM GMT-3 · 4045 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
4. 4.010 km NNE of La Serena, ChileMon, Sep 14, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 65 km deep · 5 km away
5. 5.233 km SSE of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:13 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
6. 5.344 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:31 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
7. 4.973 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:31 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
8. 4.762 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:27 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
9. 4.517 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
10. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:58 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
11. 4.751 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:04 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
12. 5.375 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:52 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
13. 4.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
14. 4.639 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:32 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
15. 5.552 km W of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:40 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
16. 4.123 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:46 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
17. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:54 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
18. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:05 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
19. 3.863 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:50 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
20. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:58 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
21. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:54 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
22. 4.233 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
23. 6.179 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:06 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
24. 4.564 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:12 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
25. 4.237 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:24 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
26. 5.487 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:31 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
27. 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:38 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
28. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:55 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
29. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 11:31 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
30. 5.046 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 2:18 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
31. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 5:29 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
32. 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 20, 9:19 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
33. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:22 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
34. 4.524 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:18 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
35. 4.185 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:34 PM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
36. 4.477 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Sep 22, 12:11 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
37. 4.443 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:37 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
38. 4.343 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:28 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
39. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 23, 4:32 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
40. 5.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:13 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
41. 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
42. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 10:02 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
43. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 3:27 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
44. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:01 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
45. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
46. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 3:21 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
47. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
48. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:25 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
49. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 12:04 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
50. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 1:22 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
51. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
52. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:26 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 19
53. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
54. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 5:26 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
55. 5.140 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
56. 4.335 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 10:48 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
57. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
58. 4.451 km N of La Serena, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:43 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
59. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 4, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
60. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 7:11 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

1. 5.721 km NNW of La Serena, ChileSun, Aug 23, 8:10 PM GMT-3 · 4048 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 49
2. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Aug 10, 6:40 AM GMT-3 · 4062 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
3. 4.548 km NNE of La Serena, ChileMon, Jul 27, 12:23 PM GMT-3 · 4076 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100034eh. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:33 AM UTC.