Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 38 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 38 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Sat, Sep 26, 2015, 5:52 PM GMT-3 (20:52 UTC), 35 km (22 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
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-26 20:52:33 UTC
Depth
35.2 km (21.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.787° S, 71.535° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 8°, dip 34°, rake 99°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 177°, dip 57°, rake 84°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 189.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003pdj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.