M4.2 earthquake 72 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (Mwr, regional moment), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Tue, Dec 8, 2015, 10:32 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-12-08 13:32:48 UTC

Depth

27.3 km (17.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.790° S, 71.924° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.2 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 10°, dip 50°, rake 81°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 203°, dip 41°, rake 100°

Location uncertainty

About 6.0 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

125°

Stations used

46

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast72 kmWSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast109 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast320 kmNNW

After

1. 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 10:11 PM GMT-3 · 3952 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
2. 4.363 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 9, 6:14 AM GMT-3 · 3951 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
3. 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 9, 9:37 PM GMT-3 · 3951 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
4. 4.188 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 10, 9:18 PM GMT-3 · 3950 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
5. 4.4143 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 1:42 AM GMT-3 · 3949 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
6. 4.186 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Dec 12, 7:09 AM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
7. 4.244 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Dec 12, 5:49 PM GMT-3 · 3948 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
8. 4.039 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 13, 9:08 AM GMT-3 · 3947 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
9. 4.184 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Dec 13, 11:25 AM GMT-3 · 3947 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
10. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 13, 2:31 PM GMT-3 · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
11. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Dec 14, 6:12 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
12. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 15, 1:22 AM GMT-3 · 3946 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
13. 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 15, 5:37 PM GMT-3 · 3945 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
14. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 1:18 AM GMT-3 · 3944 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
15. 4.052 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 3:55 AM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
16. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
17. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:02 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
18. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 7:56 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
19. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 17, 11:34 PM GMT-3 · 3943 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
20. 5.810 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Dec 19, 4:25 PM GMT-3 · 3941 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 38
21. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 21, 2:04 PM GMT-3 · 3939 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
22. 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 22, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 3938 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
23. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 23, 6:15 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
24. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Dec 25, 12:11 PM GMT-3 · 3935 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
25. 4.183 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:57 AM GMT-3 · 3933 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
26. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Dec 27, 1:13 PM GMT-3 · 3933 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
27. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 30, 6:29 PM GMT-3 · 3930 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
28. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 1, 2:46 AM GMT-3 · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
29. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Jan 1, 3:03 AM GMT-3 · 3928 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
30. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 2, 11:15 AM GMT-3 · 3927 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
31. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 4, 12:16 PM GMT-3 · 3925 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
32. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 6, 11:09 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
33. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 7, 10:12 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 26
34. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 7, 10:39 PM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
35. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 8, 12:00 AM GMT-3 · 3922 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
36. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Jan 10, 10:33 AM GMT-3 · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
37. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Jan 10, 8:01 PM GMT-3 · 3919 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
38. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Jan 11, 6:16 PM GMT-3 · 3918 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
39. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 12, 4:01 PM GMT-3 · 3917 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
40. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Jan 16, 5:36 PM GMT-3 · 3913 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
41. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 19, 6:45 PM GMT-3 · 3910 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
42. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 20, 4:24 AM GMT-3 · 3909 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
43. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 21, 3:07 AM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
44. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 21, 10:36 AM GMT-3 · 3908 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
45. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 25, 10:35 PM GMT-3 · 3904 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
46. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jan 26, 6:08 AM GMT-3 · 3903 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
47. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Jan 27, 10:16 AM GMT-3 · 3902 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
48. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Jan 29, 5:07 PM GMT-3 · 3900 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
49. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 30, 6:27 AM GMT-3 · 3899 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
50. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 1, 12:19 AM GMT-3 · 3898 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
51. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Feb 3, 2:20 PM GMT-3 · 3895 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
52. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3894 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
53. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Feb 4, 2:59 PM GMT-3 · 3894 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
54. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:24 AM GMT-3 · 3894 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
55. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Feb 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 3894 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away

Before

1. 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 8, 9:56 AM GMT-3 · 3952 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
2. 4.689 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Dec 7, 2:41 PM GMT-3 · 3953 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
3. 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Dec 7, 4:51 AM GMT-3 · 3953 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 11
4. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Dec 6, 2:55 PM GMT-3 · 3954 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
5. 4.042 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Dec 5, 11:55 AM GMT-3 · 3955 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
6. 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 4, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 3956 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
7. 4.288 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 4, 1:56 AM GMT-3 · 3957 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
8. 4.4111 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 3, 11:48 AM GMT-3 · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
9. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Dec 3, 8:36 AM GMT-3 · 3957 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
10. 4.284 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Dec 3, 12:56 AM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
11. 4.277 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Dec 2, 9:25 PM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
12. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Dec 2, 7:05 PM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
13. 4.888 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Dec 2, 6:38 AM GMT-3 · 3958 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
14. 4.156 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 1, 12:31 PM GMT-3 · 3959 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
15. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 1, 11:29 AM GMT-3 · 3959 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
16. 4.743 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Dec 1, 9:08 AM GMT-3 · 3959 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
17. 4.729 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Dec 1, 4:26 AM GMT-3 · 3959 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
18. 4.149 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 1, 12:04 AM GMT-3 · 3960 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
19. 4.343 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 28, 9:47 PM GMT-3 · 3962 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
20. 4.558 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 28, 3:08 AM GMT-3 · 3962 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004552. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC.