Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 74 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 74 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 9:56 PM GMT-3 (00:56 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 93 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-09-22 00:56:08 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.837° S, 71.926° 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.

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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
3.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 17°, dip 33°, rake -81°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 187°, dip 58°, rake -96°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4013 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.1130 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 3.8142 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  13. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4010 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  31. 4.2147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4009 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 4.9162 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  44. 4.2137 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 4.2144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 19
  49. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4006 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  55. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4005 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003mp6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.