M4.3 earthquake 114 km W of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.3 (mwr), light

Local time

Fri, Oct 9, 2015, 7:38 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-10-09 10:38:22 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.578° S, 72.397° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.3 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 25°, dip 46°, rake 119°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 166°, dip 52°, rake 63°

Location uncertainty

About 4.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

88°

Stations used

68

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast115 kmW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast123 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast360 kmNNW

After

1. 4.379 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Oct 9, 9:45 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
2. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 7:18 PM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
3. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 5:58 AM GMT-3 · 4001 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
4. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
5. 4.4130 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 10, 8:08 PM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
6. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 10, 11:33 PM GMT-3 · 4000 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
7. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 1:54 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
8. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 6:23 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
9. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 11, 10:46 PM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
10. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 12:15 AM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
11. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 12:31 AM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
12. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:50 AM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
13. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 2:10 AM GMT-3 · 3999 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
14. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 12, 7:27 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
15. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:09 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
16. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
17. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
18. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:01 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
19. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
20. 4.393 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 8:30 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
21. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 9:15 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
22. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 12, 10:05 PM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
23. 4.357 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 13, 6:17 AM GMT-3 · 3998 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
24. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 13, 8:16 AM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
25. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 13, 8:25 PM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
26. 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 14, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 3997 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
27. 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 8:03 AM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
28. 4.940 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 4:23 PM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
29. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
30. 4.060 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 15, 7:18 PM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
31. 4.123 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 16, 3:50 AM GMT-3 · 3995 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
32. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 16, 1:58 PM GMT-3 · 3994 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
33. 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Oct 17, 12:11 PM GMT-3 · 3993 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
34. 4.4126 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 18, 6:23 PM GMT-3 · 3992 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
35. 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Oct 18, 8:01 PM GMT-3 · 3992 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
36. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 19, 1:37 AM GMT-3 · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
37. 4.570 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 19, 6:28 AM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
38. 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 19, 2:27 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
39. 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 19, 2:57 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
40. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 19, 7:34 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
41. 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
42. 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:15 AM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
43. 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 20, 7:06 AM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
44. 4.388 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:43 PM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
45. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 6:45 PM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
46. 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 8:55 PM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
47. 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 12:10 AM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
48. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 2:22 AM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
49. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 3:45 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
50. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 21, 7:04 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
51. 4.252 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 21, 9:02 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
52. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 22, 5:22 PM GMT-3 · 3988 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
53. 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 3987 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
54. 4.075 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 7:43 AM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
55. 4.7147 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
56. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
57. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 4:06 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
58. 4.396 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 25, 1:34 PM GMT-3 · 3985 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
59. 4.5156 km W of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 26, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 3984 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
60. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 26, 11:38 PM GMT-3 · 3984 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 134.

Before

1. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 9, 3:08 AM GMT-3 · 4002 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
2. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 8, 5:46 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
3. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 8, 4:22 AM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
4. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 11:54 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
5. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 4:35 PM GMT-3 · 4003 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
6. 4.286 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 4:29 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
7. 4.193 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 7, 1:45 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
8. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 7, 12:02 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
9. 4.284 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 6, 11:12 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
10. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 7:48 PM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
11. 4.276 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 10:09 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
12. 4.164 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 6, 9:59 AM GMT-3 · 4004 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
13. 4.780 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 6, 1:51 AM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
14. 4.6157 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 5, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
15. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 5, 1:33 PM GMT-3 · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 37
16. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 4, 3:21 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
17. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
18. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 1:57 PM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
19. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 9:16 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
20. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 4, 7:11 AM GMT-3 · 4006 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003mg0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.