Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 20 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 20 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Oct 2, 2015, 7:23 PM GMT-3 (22:23 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 43 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (ml), light
Local time
UTC
2015-10-02 22:23:00 UTC
Depth
52.7 km (32.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.736° S, 71.350° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.0 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
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: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 19
  2. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 49 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 37
  15. 4.780 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4004 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  17. 4.164 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 4.276 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 4.284 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4003 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 4.193 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4003 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 4.286 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4003 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 4.837 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
  25. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4002 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 4.146 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4002 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 4.644 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 4.031 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4001 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 4.450 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 4001 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 4.119 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 55 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 4.235 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 4.630 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  37. 4.665 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 4.722 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  40. 5.679 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
  41. 5.080 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3998 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 4.393 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 4.357 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 4.159 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 4.764 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 4.940 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 148.

Before

  1. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003na3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC.