M4.2 earthquake 46 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 7:42 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-19 22:42:25 UTC

Depth

51.1 km (31.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.991° S, 71.376° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.9 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.31

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

138°

Stations used

26

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast47 kmSSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast115 kmS
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast283 kmNNW

After

1. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:53 AM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
2. 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:09 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
3. 4.069 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:25 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
4. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
5. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4017 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
6. 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
7. 4.744 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 10:35 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
8. 5.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:13 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
9. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
10. 4.432 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:34 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
11. 4.551 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 3:20 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
12. 4.587 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 7:36 PM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
13. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 5:36 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
14. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:25 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
15. 4.052 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:33 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
16. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:47 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
17. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 5:30 PM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
18. 6.326 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 11:51 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 110
19. 5.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
20. 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:47 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
21. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:00 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
22. 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
23. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
24. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
25. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:22 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
26. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
27. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
28. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 10:02 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
29. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:07 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
30. 4.271 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:49 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
31. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
32. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:52 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
33. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:18 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
34. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:48 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
35. 4.373 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
36. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 2:48 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
37. 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 5:28 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
38. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
39. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
40. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:01 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
41. 5.450 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:04 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
42. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
43. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:53 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
44. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:16 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
45. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
46. 4.556 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:29 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
47. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
48. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
49. 4.434 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:59 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
50. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:27 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
51. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
52. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
53. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:55 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
54. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
55. 4.484 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
56. 4.426 km SW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 3:59 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
57. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
58. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
59. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
60. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 9:30 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003m12. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:42 AM UTC.