Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 47 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 47 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 11:59 AM GMT-3 (14:59 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 35 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-10-12 14:59:21 UTC
Depth
26.2 km (16.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.563° S, 71.697° 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.

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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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 5°, dip 29°, rake 109°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 163°, dip 63°, rake 80°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
120°
Stations used
55

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 4.393 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.357 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3998 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.159 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 4.940 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 4.060 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3994 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 4.4126 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3992 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 4.570 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3992 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3991 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 3.915 km ESE of La Serena, Chile · 3991 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3991 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3991 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3990 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  29. 4.388 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3990 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 4.252 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3988 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  38. 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3987 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 4.075 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 4.010 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3986 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3986 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 6
  44. 4.321 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 3985 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 4.396 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3985 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  46. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3984 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3984 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 4.147 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3983 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 4.478 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3977 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  55. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 4.071 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3975 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 4.583 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3974 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3998 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3999 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3999 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3999 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3999 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
  8. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  12. 4.4130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4000 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.379 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 4.3114 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.450 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away

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