M4.0 earthquake 75 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.0 (mwr), light

Local time

Sat, Oct 24, 2015, 7:43 AM GMT-3

UTC

2015-10-24 10:43:24 UTC

Depth

17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.429° S, 71.964° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.0 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 166°, dip 89°, rake 69°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 75°, dip 21°, rake 178°

Location uncertainty

About 6.7 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

153°

Stations used

32

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast76 kmWNW
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast80 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast359 kmNNW

After

1. 4.010 km SSE of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Oct 24, 11:52 AM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
2. 4.7147 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 2:58 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
3. 4.048 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 3:17 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
4. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 24, 4:06 PM GMT-3 · 3986 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
5. 4.321 km NW of La Serena, ChileSun, Oct 25, 10:13 AM GMT-3 · 3985 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
6. 4.396 km W of Ovalle, ChileSun, Oct 25, 1:34 PM GMT-3 · 3985 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
7. 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 26, 11:38 PM GMT-3 · 3984 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
8. 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 27, 1:05 AM GMT-3 · 3984 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
9. 4.147 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 28, 1:12 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
10. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 28, 1:54 AM GMT-3 · 3983 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
11. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 29, 11:08 AM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
12. 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 29, 11:24 PM GMT-3 · 3981 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
13. 4.180 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Oct 31, 4:29 PM GMT-3 · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
14. 4.478 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Nov 2, 1:48 PM GMT-3 · 3977 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
15. 4.5147 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 2, 3:18 PM GMT-3 · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
16. 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 2, 10:43 PM GMT-3 · 3977 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.1109 km WNW of Illapel, ChileTue, Nov 3, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 3976 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
18. 4.229 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Nov 3, 6:30 PM GMT-3 · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
19. 4.071 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 3, 10:22 PM GMT-3 · 3976 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
20. 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Nov 4, 10:28 PM GMT-3 · 3975 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
21. 4.456 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 5, 2:02 PM GMT-3 · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
22. 4.583 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 6, 1:57 AM GMT-3 · 3974 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
23. 4.282 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 6, 5:20 AM GMT-3 · 3974 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
24. 5.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 6, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 3974 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
25. 4.869 km W of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 6, 10:34 PM GMT-3 · 3973 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
26. 6.839 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 4:31 AM GMT-3 · 3973 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 180 · tsunami flag
27. 4.631 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 6:17 AM GMT-3 · 3973 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
28. 4.667 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 6:30 AM GMT-3 · 3973 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
29. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:31 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
30. 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:38 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
31. 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 7:53 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
32. 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 8:51 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
33. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 7, 9:28 AM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
34. 4.321 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 7, 8:56 PM GMT-3 · 3972 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
35. 4.135 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 9, 12:01 AM GMT-3 · 3971 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
36. 4.336 km S of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Nov 9, 2:50 AM GMT-3 · 3971 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
37. 4.627 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Nov 10, 9:58 AM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
38. 4.142 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Nov 10, 4:38 PM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
39. 4.375 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 8:28 PM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
40. 5.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Nov 10, 11:01 PM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
41. 4.868 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 12:13 AM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
42. 4.372 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 12:25 AM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
43. 4.273 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 1:46 AM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
44. 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 3:35 AM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
45. 4.680 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 6:07 AM GMT-3 · 3969 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
46. 4.391 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 12:43 PM GMT-3 · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
47. 4.384 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 2:33 PM GMT-3 · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
48. 4.666 km W of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Nov 11, 3:33 PM GMT-3 · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
49. 4.276 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Nov 11, 6:11 PM GMT-3 · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
50. 4.181 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Nov 12, 12:31 AM GMT-3 · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
51. 4.486 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Nov 12, 3:53 AM GMT-3 · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
52. 4.382 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Nov 12, 11:45 AM GMT-3 · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
53. 4.465 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 13, 12:27 AM GMT-3 · 3967 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
54. 4.4103 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 13, 11:36 AM GMT-3 · 3966 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
55. 4.367 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Nov 13, 5:28 PM GMT-3 · 3966 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
56. 4.485 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Nov 14, 4:43 AM GMT-3 · 3966 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
57. 4.425 km SW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Nov 14, 9:58 AM GMT-3 · 3965 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
58. 4.371 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Nov 15, 2:02 PM GMT-3 · 3964 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
59. 3.977 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Nov 15, 8:29 PM GMT-3 · 3964 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
60. 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSun, Nov 15, 11:32 PM GMT-3 · 3964 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 116.

Before

1. 4.538 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 23, 11:47 AM GMT-3 · 3987 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
2. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Oct 22, 5:22 PM GMT-3 · 3988 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.252 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Oct 21, 9:02 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
4. 4.278 km NW of Illapel, ChileWed, Oct 21, 7:04 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
5. 4.937 km SW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 3:45 PM GMT-3 · 3989 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
6. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 2:22 AM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
7. 4.037 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Oct 21, 12:10 AM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
8. 4.537 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 8:55 PM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
9. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 6:45 PM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
10. 4.388 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:43 PM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
11. 5.0Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Oct 20, 7:06 AM GMT-3 · 3990 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
12. 4.127 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:15 AM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
13. 4.733 km SW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:06 AM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
14. 3.915 km ESE of La Serena, ChileTue, Oct 20, 1:01 AM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
15. 4.276 km NW of Illapel, ChileMon, Oct 19, 7:34 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
16. 4.425 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Oct 19, 2:57 PM GMT-3 · 3991 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
17. 4.570 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 19, 6:28 AM GMT-3 · 3992 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
18. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Oct 19, 1:37 AM GMT-3 · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
19. 4.4126 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Oct 18, 6:23 PM GMT-3 · 3992 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
20. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Oct 16, 1:58 PM GMT-3 · 3994 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004082. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC.