M4.6 earthquake 39 km W of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.6 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 2:32 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-17 17:32:21 UTC

Depth

27.8 km (17.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.651° S, 71.608° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.11

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

103°

Stations used

63

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast40 kmW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast82 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast325 kmNNW

After

1. 4.376 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:48 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
2. 4.430 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
3. 4.581 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:04 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
4. 4.4123 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
5. 4.6127 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:51 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
6. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 3:55 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
7. 4.289 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:11 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
8. 4.4117 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:17 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
9. 4.3111 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 4:51 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
10. 5.552 km W of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 5:40 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.177 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:13 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
12. 4.164 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:21 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
13. 4.123 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:46 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away
14. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 6:54 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
15. 4.994 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:08 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
16. 4.165 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:36 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
17. 5.275 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
18. 4.050 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:33 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
19. 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 8:35 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
20. 4.551 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:11 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
21. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:50 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
22. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:58 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
23. 4.353 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:00 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
24. 4.764 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:14 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
25. 4.9Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:15 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
26. 5.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 1:24 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
27. 4.361 km NNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
28. 4.460 km NW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:33 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
29. 4.373 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:51 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
30. 4.237 km NW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:54 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
31. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:05 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
32. 4.456 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:44 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
33. 4.562 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:51 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
34. 4.494 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:06 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
35. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:43 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
36. 4.5112 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:35 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
37. 3.863 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:50 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
38. 5.264 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:51 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
39. 4.230 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:08 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
40. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:59 AM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
41. 4.292 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:13 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
42. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 12:58 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
43. 4.177 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 2:27 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
44. 4.797 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 3:15 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
45. 4.087 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:06 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
46. 4.431 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:21 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
47. 4.960 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:41 PM GMT-3 · 4028 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
48. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 4:54 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
49. 4.482 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:37 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
50. 4.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:38 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
51. 4.233 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
52. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 5:50 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
53. 4.1110 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 6:53 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
54. 4.987 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 7:12 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
55. 4.262 km NW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 7:53 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
56. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 9:31 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
57. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:19 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
58. 4.131 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 18, 10:22 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
59. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 18, 11:49 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
60. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:12 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 4.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:17 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
2. 4.8137 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 2:02 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
3. 4.336 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:55 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
4. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
5. 5.337 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:08 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.351 km NW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:07 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
7. 4.881 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 1:04 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
8. 4.473 km NW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:45 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
9. 4.480 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:45 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
10. 4.344 km N of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 12:10 PM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
11. 4.664 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:35 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
12. 4.168 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
13. 5.782 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:19 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
14. 4.133 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 11:10 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
15. 4.470 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:47 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
16. 4.575 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:39 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
17. 4.695 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:22 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
18. 4.751 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 17, 10:04 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
19. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:58 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
20. 4.3110 km WNW of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 17, 9:51 AM GMT-3 · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003knw. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:18 AM UTC.