M4.5 earthquake 102 km W of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 102 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 9:43 AM GMT-3 (12:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-17 12:43:56 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.536° S, 72.262° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 53
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
- 4.476 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4210 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.174 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4192 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.266 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4174 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001n31. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.