Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 32 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 32 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Sun, Sep 27, 2015, 5:28 AM GMT-3 (08:28 UTC), 38 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 26 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-27 08:28:37 UTC
Depth
37.7 km (23.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.728° S, 71.509° 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 7°, dip 31°, rake 113°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 161°, dip 62°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
48°
Stations used
123

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.526 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 3.865 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.480 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.674 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.444 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.147 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.390 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4013 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.556 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4013 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.360 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.137 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.434 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.868 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 4.365 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4012 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.347 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4012 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.293 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.253 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4011 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 3.949 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.646 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4011 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.276 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 4.250 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 4.125 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 4.282 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 4.729 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4010 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 4.667 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4010 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 4.4125 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 4.553 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4009 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 4.441 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 3.917 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 49 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 4.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 4.054 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 4.020 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 53 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4008 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 19
  34. 4.340 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 4.541 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4008 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 4.275 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4007 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 4.335 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4007 days ago · 49 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 5.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  41. 4.150 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 4.042 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 4.493 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 4.230 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 4.249 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4006 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 5.943 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4005 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 37
  48. 4.780 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4005 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 4.735 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4004 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  50. 4.164 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 4.276 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 4.739 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 4.284 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4004 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 4.533 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 4.193 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4004 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 4.286 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4004 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 4.837 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4004 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  58. 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4003 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 4.532 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 4.176 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4003 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 183.

Before

  1. 3.483 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.356 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.293 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.976 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.138 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.1108 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.885 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.138 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.339 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 4014 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.345 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4014 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.038 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 4.227 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 4.576 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 4.422 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 50 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 38 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 4.225 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4015 days ago · 48 km deep · 12 km away

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