M4.2 earthquake 88 km W of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mwr), light

Local time

Fri, Dec 4, 2015, 1:56 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-12-04 04:56:17 UTC

Depth

14.5 km (9.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.543° S, 72.116° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.2 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 352°, dip 32°, rake 89°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 173°, dip 58°, rake 90°

Location uncertainty

About 3.8 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

116°

Stations used

47

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast88 kmW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast99 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast352 kmNNW

After

1. 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 4, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
2. 4.042 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Dec 5, 11:55 AM GMT-3 · 3944 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
3. 4.689 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Dec 7, 2:41 PM GMT-3 · 3942 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
4. 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 9:56 AM GMT-3 · 3941 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
5. 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 10:32 AM GMT-3 · 3941 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
6. 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 10:11 PM GMT-3 · 3941 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
7. 4.363 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 9, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3941 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
8. 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 9, 9:37 PM GMT-3 · 3940 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
9. 4.188 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 10, 9:18 PM GMT-3 · 3939 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
10. 4.4143 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 1:42 AM GMT-3 · 3938 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
11. 4.244 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Dec 12, 5:49 PM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
12. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 13, 9:08 AM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
13. 4.184 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Dec 13, 11:25 AM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
14. 4.369 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Dec 13, 11:35 AM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
15. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 13, 2:31 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
16. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Dec 14, 6:12 AM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
17. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 15, 1:22 AM GMT-3 · 3935 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
18. 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 15, 5:37 PM GMT-3 · 3934 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
19. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 1:18 AM GMT-3 · 3933 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
20. 4.052 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 3:55 AM GMT-3 · 3933 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
21. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
22. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:56 PM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
23. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 11:34 PM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
24. 5.810 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Dec 19, 4:25 PM GMT-3 · 3930 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 38
25. 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 22, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3927 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
26. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 23, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3927 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
27. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Dec 25, 12:11 PM GMT-3 · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
28. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 27, 1:13 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
29. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Dec 27, 11:08 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
30. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 30, 6:29 PM GMT-3 · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
31. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 1, 2:46 AM GMT-3 · 3918 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
32. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 2, 11:15 AM GMT-3 · 3916 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
33. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 4, 12:16 PM GMT-3 · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
34. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 6, 11:09 PM GMT-3 · 3912 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
35. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 7, 10:12 PM GMT-3 · 3911 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 26
36. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 7, 10:39 PM GMT-3 · 3911 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
37. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 8, 12:00 AM GMT-3 · 3911 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
38. 4.683 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Jan 8, 12:11 AM GMT-3 · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
39. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jan 10, 10:33 AM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
40. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Jan 10, 8:01 PM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
41. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 11, 6:16 PM GMT-3 · 3907 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
42. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 12, 4:01 PM GMT-3 · 3906 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
43. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jan 16, 5:36 PM GMT-3 · 3902 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
44. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 19, 6:45 PM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
45. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 20, 4:24 AM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
46. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 21, 3:07 AM GMT-3 · 3898 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
47. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 21, 10:36 AM GMT-3 · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
48. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 25, 10:35 PM GMT-3 · 3893 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
49. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jan 26, 6:08 AM GMT-3 · 3893 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
50. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 27, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 3891 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
51. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Jan 29, 5:07 PM GMT-3 · 3889 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
52. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 30, 6:27 AM GMT-3 · 3889 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
53. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 1, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 3887 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away

Before

1. 4.4111 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 3, 11:48 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
2. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 3, 8:36 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
3. 4.539 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Dec 3, 5:32 AM GMT-3 · 3947 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
4. 4.284 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Dec 3, 12:56 AM GMT-3 · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
5. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 2, 7:05 PM GMT-3 · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
6. 4.888 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Dec 2, 6:38 AM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
7. 4.156 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 1, 12:31 PM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
8. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 1, 11:29 AM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
9. 4.743 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Dec 1, 9:08 AM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
10. 4.149 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 1, 12:04 AM GMT-3 · 3949 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
11. 4.343 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 28, 9:47 PM GMT-3 · 3951 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
12. 4.558 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 28, 3:08 AM GMT-3 · 3952 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
13. 5.690 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 28, 2:44 AM GMT-3 · 3952 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
14. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Nov 27, 5:31 AM GMT-3 · 3953 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
15. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 26, 2:08 AM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
16. 4.327 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Nov 22, 9:49 AM GMT-3 · 3957 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
17. 4.6161 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Nov 22, 4:59 AM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
18. 4.775 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Nov 22, 2:57 AM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
19. 4.470 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Nov 22, 12:01 AM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
20. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 21, 8:05 PM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 10

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000438f. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.