M4.4 earthquake 34 km S of Melipilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 34 km S of Melipilla, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 7:46 AM GMT-3 (10:46 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 33 km WSW of Santa Cruz, 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 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-19 10:46:04 UTC
- Depth
- 70.6 km (43.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 34.001° S, 71.199° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.326 km SSE of Villa Alemana, Chile · 4019 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 4.070 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 4017 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.336 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 4008 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.633 km WSW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 3992 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 13
- 4.713 km N of Peñaflor, Chile · 3992 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 19
- 4.143 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile · 3982 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lu4. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.