M4.3 earthquake 27 km NW of La Serena, Chile

Magnitude

4.3 (mb), light

Local time

Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 8:49 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-08-26 23:49:19 UTC

Depth

51.1 km (31.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

29.701° S, 71.416° W

Region

Chile

Felt reports

1

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.7 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.27

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

135°

Stations used

32

• La Serena, ChilePopulation 154,521. Forecast28 kmNW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast424 kmN

After

1. 4.010 km NNE of La Serena, ChileMon, Sep 14, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 4032 days ago · 65 km deep · 25 km away
2. 5.233 km SSE of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:13 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
3. 5.344 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:31 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
4. 4.973 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:31 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
5. 4.762 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:27 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
6. 4.517 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
7. 4.751 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:04 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
8. 5.375 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:52 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
9. 4.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
10. 4.289 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:11 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
11. 5.552 km W of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:40 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
12. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:54 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
13. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:05 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
14. 3.863 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:50 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
15. 4.292 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:13 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
16. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:54 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
17. 4.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:38 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
18. 6.179 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:06 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
19. 4.564 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:12 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
20. 4.237 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:24 AM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
21. 5.487 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:31 AM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
22. 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:38 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
23. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:55 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
24. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 11:31 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
25. 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 20, 9:19 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
26. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:22 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
27. 4.396 km W of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
28. 4.5104 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 5:59 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
29. 4.185 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:34 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
30. 4.477 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Sep 22, 12:11 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
31. 4.443 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:37 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
32. 4.343 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:28 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
33. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 23, 4:32 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
34. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 3:27 AM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
35. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:01 PM GMT-3 · 4018 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
36. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:25 PM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
37. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 12:04 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
38. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 1:22 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
39. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:26 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 19
40. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
41. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 5:26 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
42. 5.140 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
43. 4.335 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 10:48 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
44. 4.451 km N of La Serena, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:43 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
45. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 4, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
46. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 9:16 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
47. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 4, 3:21 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
48. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 5, 1:33 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 37
49. 4.780 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 6, 1:51 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
50. 4.164 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 9:59 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
51. 4.276 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
52. 4.284 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 6, 11:12 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
53. 4.286 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 4:29 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
54. 4.837 km NNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 5:00 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
55. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 11:54 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
56. 4.379 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Oct 9, 9:45 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
57. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
58. 4.548 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 12, 3:58 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
59. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 12, 7:27 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
60. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

1. 4.532 km NW of La Serena, ChileTue, Aug 25, 3:16 AM GMT-3 · 4051 days ago · 52 km deep · 5 km away
2. 4.82 km N of La Serena, ChileMon, Aug 24, 2:13 AM GMT-3 · 4053 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
3. 4.26 km N of La Serena, ChileSun, Aug 23, 11:42 PM GMT-3 · 4053 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
4. 5.721 km NNW of La Serena, ChileSun, Aug 23, 8:10 PM GMT-3 · 4053 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 49
5. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Aug 10, 6:40 AM GMT-3 · 4066 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000356x. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC.