Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 83 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 83 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 9:04 AM GMT-3 (12:04 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 39 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-21 12:04:05 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.598° S, 72.071° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Stations used
0

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6144 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.396 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 29
  5. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.448 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.675 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 11
  10. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.185 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.4123 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.477 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 4.479 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 4.3138 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 4.443 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.271 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.380 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 4.343 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  25. 4.6156 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 4.489 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  30. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 4.3141 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 4.2147 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 4.5137 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 5.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  41. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 4.432 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 4.551 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.587 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 3.8138 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 4.2148 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 6.326 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 110
  51. 5.038 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.328 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 4.6138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.524 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.281 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4024 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.297 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.384 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 4.2135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.186 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.030 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.155 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.3125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.962 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 4.266 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 5.046 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 4.3116 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 4.086 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4024 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003mf7. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC.