Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 147 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 147 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Nov 27, 2015, 5:31 AM GMT-3 (08:31 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 90 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-11-27 08:31:29 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.816° S, 72.722° 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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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.690 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3951 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.558 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3951 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.888 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.284 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.4111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.689 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3942 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  11. 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.363 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.188 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3938 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.4143 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3937 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 4.184 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3935 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3916 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3953 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.775 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.470 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3957 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
  6. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.195 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3960 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.4138 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 4.675 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.382 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.181 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 4.375 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 4.684 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3972 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 5.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100041ns. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.