M4.2 earthquake 50 km W of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mwr), light

Local time

Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 3:21 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-30 18:21:17 UTC

Depth

35.6 km (22.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.638° S, 71.722° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.2 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 150°, dip 53°, rake 82°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 344°, dip 38°, rake 101°

Location uncertainty

About 5.4 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Stations used

0

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast50 kmW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast85 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast329 kmNNW

After

1. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 7:59 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
2. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 8:04 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
3. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
4. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:25 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
5. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 1, 5:28 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
6. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:43 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
7. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
8. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 12:04 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
9. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 1:22 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
10. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:42 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
11. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:02 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
12. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
13. 4.2144 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 10:37 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
14. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:26 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 19
15. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
16. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 5:26 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
17. 5.140 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
18. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 3, 9:12 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
19. 4.335 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 10:48 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
20. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:27 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
21. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:59 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
22. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 4, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
23. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 6:06 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
24. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 7:11 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
25. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 9:16 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
26. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 1:57 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
27. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
28. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 4, 3:21 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
29. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 5, 1:33 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 37
30. 4.780 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 6, 1:51 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
31. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Oct 6, 7:47 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
32. 4.164 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 9:59 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
33. 4.276 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
34. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 7:48 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
35. 4.284 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 6, 11:12 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
36. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 12:02 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
37. 4.193 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
38. 4.286 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 4:29 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
39. 4.837 km NNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 5:00 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
40. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 7, 9:34 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
41. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 4:35 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
42. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 11:54 PM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
43. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 8, 4:22 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
44. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 8, 5:46 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
45. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:08 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
46. 4.450 km S of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 5:20 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
47. 4.3114 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 7:38 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
48. 4.379 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Oct 9, 9:45 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
49. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 7:18 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
50. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 5:58 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
51. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
52. 4.4130 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 10, 8:08 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
53. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 11:33 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
54. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 1:54 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
55. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 6:23 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
56. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 10:46 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
57. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 12:15 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8
58. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 12:31 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
59. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:50 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
60. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

1. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 9:30 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
2. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 1:20 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
3. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
4. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
5. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
6. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
7. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:55 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
8. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
9. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
10. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:27 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
11. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
12. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
13. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
14. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:16 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
15. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:53 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
16. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
17. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:01 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
18. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
19. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
20. 4.2109 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 12:20 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jb5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.