Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 68 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 68 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 4:01 AM GMT-3 (07:01 UTC), 17 km (11 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
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-17 07:01:01 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.590° S, 71.916° 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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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 31°, dip 44°, rake 133°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 159°, dip 59°, rake 57°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.6 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
94

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.156 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4031 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.3131 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.474 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.349 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.5121 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4031 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.476 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.431 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.489 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 4.573 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.670 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.279 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.262 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 4.681 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 4.680 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 4.4100 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 4.471 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.965 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 4.146 km SSW of Monte Patria, Chile · 4031 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 5.249 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 4.170 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 4.457 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 4.5141 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 4.4129 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 4.660 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 4.3110 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 4.751 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4030 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 4.695 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 4.575 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 4.470 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 4.2154 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 4.133 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 5.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  38. 4.168 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 4.664 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 4.344 km N of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 4.480 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 4.473 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 4.881 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 4.351 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 5.337 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  46. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 5.375 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 4.8137 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 4.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4030 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 4.639 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 4.376 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 4.430 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 4.581 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 4.4123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 4.6127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 4.289 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4030 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 4.4117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 4.3111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 4.867 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.581 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 5.279 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.492 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.691 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.9Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.517 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.9139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 5.280 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 5.198 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 5.580 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 5.436 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 5.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 5.156 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 5.785 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  16. 6.554 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 12
  17. 4.699 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.269 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 4.2120 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 4.5150 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003kij. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.