Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 25 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 25 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 7:59 PM GMT-3 (22:59 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 39 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-30 22:59:45 UTC
Depth
48.1 km (29.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.745° S, 71.411° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 5°, dip 41°, rake 103°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 168°, dip 50°, rake 79°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.2 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
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: 157 in the 60 days after this one and at least 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4017 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4017 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4016 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 53 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4015 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 19
  11. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4015 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 49 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  17. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 37
  24. 4.780 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4012 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  26. 4.164 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 4.276 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 4.284 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4011 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
  31. 4.193 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4011 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 4.286 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 4.837 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  34. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4010 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 4.450 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 4.3114 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 4.379 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 55 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  48. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  51. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
  52. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4006 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4006 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 157.

Before

  1. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jdf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:51 AM UTC.