M5.1 earthquake 70 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 8:31 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-16 23:31:32 UTC

Depth

23.6 km (14.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.073° S, 71.691° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.1 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

139°

Stations used

42

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast70 kmSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast129 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast283 kmNNW

After

1. 5.271 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:32 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
2. 5.167 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:33 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
3. 5.3102 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:36 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
4. 4.971 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:37 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
5. 5.982 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:38 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
6. 5.389 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:41 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
7. 5.156 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:42 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
8. 4.987 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:46 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
9. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:48 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
10. 4.593 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:51 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
11. 4.674 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:54 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
12. 4.538 km N of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:56 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
13. 4.978 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:57 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
14. 4.659 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:59 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
15. 5.080 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:00 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
16. 5.091 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:01 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
17. 4.745 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:05 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
18. 5.157 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:06 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
19. 4.791 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:11 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
20. 4.885 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:15 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
21. 4.7155 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:17 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
22. 4.869 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:18 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
23. 5.291 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:22 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
24. 4.880 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:30 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
25. 4.891 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:32 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
26. 5.071 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:34 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
27. 4.678 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:37 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
28. 5.058 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:42 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
29. 5.176 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:43 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
30. 4.656 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:45 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
31. 4.844 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:50 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
32. 5.0101 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:50 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
33. 4.3120 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 9:59 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
34. 4.766 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:00 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
35. 4.661 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:08 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
36. 4.9102 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:09 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
37. 4.652 km NNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:12 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
38. 4.867 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:13 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
39. 4.569 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:20 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
40. 4.672 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:21 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
41. 5.264 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:21 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
42. 5.187 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:22 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
43. 4.4113 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:26 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
44. 4.4102 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:28 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
45. 4.685 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
46. 5.882 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:33 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
47. 4.995 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:37 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
48. 5.160 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:39 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
49. 6.470 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:41 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 9
50. 5.091 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:46 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
51. 4.663 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:52 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
52. 4.769 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:55 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
53. 4.670 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:57 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
54. 4.879 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 10:59 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
55. 4.696 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:04 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
56. 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
57. 4.872 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:08 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
58. 4.751 km SW of Monte Patria, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:16 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
59. 4.973 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:31 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
60. 4.6Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 16, 11:33 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 5.559 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:28 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
2. 5.777 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:23 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
3. 7.025 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:18 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 57
4. 6.171 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:16 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
5. 5.748 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:09 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
6. 5.659 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:09 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
7. 6.155 km WSW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 8:03 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
8. 6.454 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 7:59 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
9. 8.348 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 16, 7:54 PM GMT-3 · 4034 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1,216 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003itg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC.