M4.0 earthquake 64 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.0 (mwr), light

Local time

Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 9:10 PM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-20 00:10:26 UTC

Depth

30.7 km (19.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.810° S, 71.823° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.0 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 13°, dip 36°, rake 116°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 162°, dip 58°, rake 73°

Location uncertainty

About 6.1 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

100°

Stations used

63

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast64 kmWSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast106 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast314 kmNNW

After

1. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
2. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
3. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:22 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
4. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
5. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
6. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 10:02 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
7. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:07 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
8. 4.271 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:49 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
9. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
10. 4.2149 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:37 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
11. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:52 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
12. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:18 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
13. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:48 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
14. 4.373 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
15. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 2:48 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
16. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 3:27 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
17. 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 5:28 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
18. 4.1130 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 10:59 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
19. 3.8142 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 11:32 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
20. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
21. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
22. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:01 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
23. 5.450 km W of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:04 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
24. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
25. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:53 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
26. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:16 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
27. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
28. 4.556 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:29 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
29. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
30. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
31. 4.434 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:59 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
32. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:27 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
33. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
34. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
35. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:55 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
36. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
37. 4.484 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 1:46 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
38. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:06 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
39. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
40. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
41. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 1:20 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
42. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 9:30 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
43. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 3:21 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
44. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 7:59 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
45. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 8:04 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
46. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
47. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:25 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
48. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 1, 5:28 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
49. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:43 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
50. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
51. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 12:04 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
52. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 1:22 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
53. 4.9162 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 1:33 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
54. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:42 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
55. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:02 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
56. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away
57. 4.2144 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 10:37 PM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
58. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 3, 3:26 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 19
59. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 4:20 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
60. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 3, 5:26 AM GMT-3 · 4007 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003m1y. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC.