Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 169 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 169 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 12:00 PM GMT-3 (15:00 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 96 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-17 15:00:34 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.071° S, 72.882° 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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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 10.0 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4133 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.480 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.881 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.8137 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.489 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.376 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.581 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.4123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.6127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 4.4117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 4.3111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 4.498 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 4.5104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.177 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 4.384 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 4.5127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.2152 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 5.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 4.393 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 4.6107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 4.494 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 4.5112 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 4.691 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 4.281 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 4.8141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 4.797 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  31. 4.298 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 4.3146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 4.695 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 4.787 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 4.482 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 4.0125 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 4.2173 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 4.7130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 4.0143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 5.0143 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  48. 4.5135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 4.3135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 4.172 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 4.6143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 4.0137 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  56. 4.270 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 4.8135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  58. 5.696 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  59. 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  60. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 5.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.2154 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.575 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.695 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.3110 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.4129 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.5141 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.5116 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.170 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.4100 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 4.685 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.681 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 4.5113 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.279 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 4.489 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 4.476 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 4.5121 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 4.3131 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 4.3125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away

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