M4.2 earthquake 20 km SE of Los Andes, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 20 km SE of Los Andes, Chile on Wed, Sep 9, 2015, 3:00 PM GMT-3 (18:00 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 26 km SSE of Villa Alemana, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-09 18:00:10 UTC
- Depth
- 15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.984° S, 70.477° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.8 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.326 km SSE of Villa Alemana, Chile · 4018 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 3.949 km NNE of San Felipe, Chile · 4016 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.713 km N of Peñaflor, Chile · 3991 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 19
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003hkr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.