Chile earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 37 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 37 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 1:08 PM GMT-3 (16:08 UTC), 35 km (22 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: 5.3 (mwr), moderate
Local time: Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 1:08 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2015-09-17 16:08:35 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.892° S, 71.402° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 99°
Stations used: 134

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003klt (also filed as iscgem608098314). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.