Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 51 km SW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 51 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 3:20 PM GMT-3 (18:20 UTC), 39 km (24 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
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-09-24 18:20:30 UTC
Depth
38.8 km (24.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.897° S, 71.609° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.5 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
43

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.587 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.382 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.479 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.052 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.771 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4025 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.785 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 6.326 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 110
  8. 5.038 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4024 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4024 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 4.271 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4023 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 4.332 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 4.1130 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4023 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 5.450 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
  33. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 4.084 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4022 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4021 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 4.484 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4020 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 4.022 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4018 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.432 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 4.536 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 5.222 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.375 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.275 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.286 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.365 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.256 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 4.444 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 4.369 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.443 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  16. 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.353 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.489 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 3.953 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 4.680 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nsh. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC.