Chile earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 57 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 57 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 9:06 PM GMT-3 (00:06 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 39 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time: Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 9:06 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2015-09-17 00:06:17 UTC
Depth: 21.7 km (13.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.882° S, 71.699° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.06
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 100°
Stations used: 166

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 201.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003k8w (also filed as iscgem610637521). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC.