M4.7 earthquake 64 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 64 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Oct 15, 2015, 8:03 AM GMT-3 (11:03 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 40 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-15 11:03:11 UTC
- Depth
- 34.3 km (21.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.822° S, 71.817° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.6 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.940 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3995 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.060 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3994 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.153 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3994 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.291 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.493 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3993 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.570 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3991 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1104 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3991 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3991 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.276 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3990 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3990 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.278 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3988 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.252 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3988 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3988 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3987 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.336 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3986 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.075 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.010 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3986 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.036 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3986 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 4.396 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3985 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3983 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.147 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3982 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3982 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3980 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.278 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3980 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.478 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3977 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5147 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.071 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.583 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.282 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.869 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
- 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 130.
Before
- 4.249 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3996 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.097 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.159 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3997 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.319 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.357 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.393 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.635 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.083 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.593 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3998 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.191 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.073 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.080 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.679 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3998 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 8
- 4.234 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
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