Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 143 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 143 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 9:37 PM GMT-3 (00:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-19 00:37:51 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.704° S, 72.689° 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
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 134°, dip 30°, rake -150°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 18°, dip 76°, rake -63°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
120°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.2112 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.4139 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 5.0143 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.5135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.3135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 5.487 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.172 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 4.593 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 4.6143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 4.0137 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.270 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 4.8135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  17. 5.696 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.255 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.3167 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 4.494 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 4.6183 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 4.2122 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 4.5126 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 4.5138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 3.9133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 4.064 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 4.2142 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 4.3Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 4.6155 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 4.4108 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 4.4141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 5.195 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 4.3116 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 5.046 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 4.3125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 4.186 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 4.2135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  59. 4.396 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 29

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.7130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.987 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.2173 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.1110 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.377 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.482 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.960 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.3146 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lnh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC.