Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 39 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 39 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 12:58 PM GMT-3 (15:58 UTC), 25 km (15 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
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-18 15:58:37 UTC
Depth
24.8 km (15.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.646° S, 71.607° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 356°, dip 34°, rake 89°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 177°, dip 56°, rake 91°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Stations used
0

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 171 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.177 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.797 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.087 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.431 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.960 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.482 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 4.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.233 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.1110 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.987 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.262 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.131 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 4.770 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  18. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 4.230 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 4.237 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 4.3135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 5.487 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 4.172 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 5.766 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 8
  26. 4.593 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 4.270 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  29. 5.696 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  30. 4.255 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 4.072 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 4.494 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 4.5126 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 4.331 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 4.246 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 4.439 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 4.5138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 3.9133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 4.064 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  44. 4.363 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 4.251 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 5.037 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 8
  48. 4.4108 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 5.195 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4024 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 4.3116 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 5.046 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 4.3125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.292 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.578 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.230 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 5.264 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.863 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.4125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.494 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.562 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.456 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.237 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.373 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 4.460 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.361 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 5.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.9Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.764 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 4.353 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.868 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lc3. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC.