Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 138 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 138 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 8:14 PM GMT-3 (23:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 155 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-19 23:14:37 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.527° S, 72.642° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
139°
Stations used
49

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 169.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003m1e. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.