M4.2 earthquake 71 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 7:41 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-09-22 10:41:26 UTC

Depth

24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.761° S, 71.918° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.9 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.53

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

131°

Stations used

27

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast71 kmWSW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast106 kmSSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast323 kmNNW

After

1. 4.089 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:45 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.380 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:50 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
3. 4.782 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:46 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
4. 3.974 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 6:44 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
5. 4.364 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 7:26 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
6. 4.6156 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 11:01 PM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
7. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 1:21 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
8. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:05 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
9. 4.489 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:23 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
10. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 6:20 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.576 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 7:05 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
12. 5.074 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 8:32 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
13. 4.478 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:55 AM GMT-3 · 4024 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
14. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:05 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
15. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
16. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 11:53 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
17. 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:09 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
18. 4.069 km W of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:25 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
19. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 12:51 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
20. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, ChileWed, Sep 23, 2:30 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
21. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Sep 23, 4:32 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
22. 4.3141 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 6:58 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
23. 4.2147 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Sep 23, 9:11 PM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
24. 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 12:49 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
25. 4.5137 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Sep 24, 4:56 AM GMT-3 · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
26. 4.744 km W of Illapel, ChileThu, Sep 24, 10:35 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
27. 5.222 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:13 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
28. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:25 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
29. 4.432 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 1:34 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
30. 4.551 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 3:20 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
31. 4.587 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Sep 24, 7:36 PM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
32. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 5:36 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
33. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 6:25 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
34. 4.052 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:33 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
35. 4.771 km W of Illapel, ChileFri, Sep 25, 8:47 AM GMT-3 · 4022 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
36. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 5:30 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
37. 4.2148 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Sep 25, 10:59 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
38. 6.326 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Sep 25, 11:51 PM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 110
39. 5.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:03 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
40. 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 12:47 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
41. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:00 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
42. 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
43. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
44. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
45. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:22 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
46. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
47. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:37 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
48. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 10:02 AM GMT-3 · 4021 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
49. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:07 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
50. 4.271 km W of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 3:49 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
51. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:19 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
52. 4.2149 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:37 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
53. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 5:52 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
54. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:18 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
55. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Sep 26, 6:48 PM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
56. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 2:48 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
57. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Sep 27, 3:27 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
58. 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 5:28 AM GMT-3 · 4020 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
59. 4.1130 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 10:59 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
60. 3.8142 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Sep 27, 11:32 AM GMT-3 · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 4.295 km W of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:54 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
2. 4.443 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 5:37 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
3. 6.022 km NNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Sep 22, 4:13 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 112
4. 4.3138 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Sep 22, 2:55 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
5. 4.479 km W of Ovalle, ChileTue, Sep 22, 2:32 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
6. 4.477 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Sep 22, 12:11 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
7. 4.4123 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:48 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
8. 3.974 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:56 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
9. 4.265 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 4:08 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
10. 4.494 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:57 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
11. 5.577 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:36 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 11
12. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
13. 4.564 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 3:08 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
14. 4.675 km W of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 1:52 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
15. 4.448 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 1:48 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
16. 4.597 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
17. 5.473 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 12:37 PM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 29
18. 4.396 km W of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Sep 21, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
19. 4.165 km W of Illapel, ChileMon, Sep 21, 10:05 AM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
20. 4.6148 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Sep 21, 9:49 AM GMT-3 · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003mv9. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:50 AM UTC.