M4.7 earthquake 46 km W of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.7 (mwr), light

Local time

Sun, Sep 20, 2015, 11:31 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-20 14:31:08 UTC

Depth

24.9 km (15.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.552° S, 71.682° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Oblique reverse

Moment magnitude

4.7 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 50°, dip 11°, rake 143°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 176°, dip 84°, rake 81°

Location uncertainty

About 4.6 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

82°

Stations used

369

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast47 kmW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast74 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast337 kmNNW

After

1. 5.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:13 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
2. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
3. 4.432 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:34 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
4. 4.551 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 3:20 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
5. 4.587 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 7:36 PM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
6. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 5:36 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
7. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:25 AM GMT-3 · 4016 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
8. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 5:30 PM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
9. 6.326 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 11:51 PM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 110
10. 5.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
11. 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:47 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
12. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:00 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
13. 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
14. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
15. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
16. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:22 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
17. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
18. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 4015 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
19. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 10:02 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
20. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:07 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
21. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:52 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
22. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:18 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
23. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:48 PM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
24. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 2:48 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
25. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 3:27 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
26. 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 5:28 AM GMT-3 · 4014 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
27. 4.1130 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 10:59 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
28. 3.8142 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 11:32 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
29. 4.2109 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 12:20 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
30. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
31. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
32. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 6:01 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
33. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
34. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 7:53 PM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
35. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:16 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
36. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
37. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
38. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 1:44 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
39. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 5:27 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
40. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 28, 10:17 PM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
41. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:48 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
42. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 12:55 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
43. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 29, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4012 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
44. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
45. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 29, 11:00 PM GMT-3 · 4011 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
46. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 9:30 AM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
47. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 3:21 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
48. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 7:59 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
49. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 8:04 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
50. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:06 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
51. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 30, 11:25 PM GMT-3 · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
52. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 1, 5:28 PM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
53. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:43 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
54. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:40 AM GMT-3 · 4009 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
55. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 12:04 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
56. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 1:22 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
57. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 4:42 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
58. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 5:02 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
59. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 7:23 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
60. 4.2144 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 2, 10:37 PM GMT-3 · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003m72. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:26 PM UTC.