M4.4 earthquake 39 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.4 (mwr), light

Local time

Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 7:59 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-19 22:59:39 UTC

Depth

38.3 km (23.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.846° S, 71.493° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.4 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 359°, dip 32°, rake 95°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 173°, dip 58°, rake 87°

Location uncertainty

About 4.7 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

81°

Stations used

147

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast39 kmSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast100 kmS
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast301 kmNNW

After

1. 4.064 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 9:10 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
2. 4.363 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:23 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
3. 4.251 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:26 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
4. 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:34 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
5. 5.037 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:02 AM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 8
6. 4.4108 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:39 AM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
7. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:55 AM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
8. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 11:31 AM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
9. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 20, 11:45 AM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
10. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:07 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
11. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:46 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
12. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 20, 12:49 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
13. 5.046 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 2:18 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
14. 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 3:05 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
15. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 5:29 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
16. 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 8:00 PM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
17. 4.030 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 9:05 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
18. 4.186 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 20, 10:42 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
19. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
20. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:22 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
21. 6.154 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:39 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 128
22. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:32 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
23. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:52 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
24. 4.524 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:18 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
25. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:25 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
26. 4.328 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 7:13 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
27. 4.483 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:04 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
28. 4.165 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:05 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
29. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:37 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 29
30. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
31. 4.448 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 1:48 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
32. 4.675 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 1:52 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
33. 6.622 km WSW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 283 · tsunami flag
34. 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:08 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
35. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:36 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 11
36. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:57 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
37. 4.265 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:08 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
38. 3.750 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 7:25 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
39. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
40. 4.479 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 2:32 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
41. 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:13 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 112
42. 4.443 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:37 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
43. 4.295 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
44. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:41 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
45. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:45 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
46. 4.380 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:50 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
47. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:46 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
48. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
49. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:26 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
50. 4.39 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 9:23 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
51. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 1:21 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
52. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:05 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
53. 4.489 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:23 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
54. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 6:20 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
55. 4.576 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:05 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
56. 5.074 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:32 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
57. 4.478 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:55 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
58. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:05 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
59. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
60. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:53 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 4.246 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:42 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away
2. 4.331 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 7:35 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
3. 4.095 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:49 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
4. 4.5126 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:42 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
5. 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:38 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
6. 4.494 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
7. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:06 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
8. 4.072 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:52 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
9. 4.979 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 3:13 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
10. 4.255 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:51 PM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
11. 5.696 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 10:08 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
12. 4.270 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 8:50 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
13. 4.6103 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:41 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
14. 4.593 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:24 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
15. 5.766 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 6:07 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 8
16. 4.172 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
17. 4.237 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 19, 4:24 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
18. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 2:47 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
19. 4.230 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:44 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 51 km deep · 10 km away
20. 4.596 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 19, 1:12 AM GMT-3 · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003m1b. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC.