Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 39 km W of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 39 km W of Ovalle, Chile on Sun, Dec 13, 2015, 9:08 AM GMT-3 (12:08 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 84 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-12-13 12:08:29 UTC
Depth
32.1 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.632° S, 71.606° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.8 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.184 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3936 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.884 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3936 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.593 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3935 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.066 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.439 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3934 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.228 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.052 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 4.486 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.070 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3932 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 4.143 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3931 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 5.810 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3930 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 38
  13. 4.542 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3928 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 4.224 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3927 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 4.654 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3926 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3924 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 4.015 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3922 days ago · 49 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 4.552 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 4.463 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3917 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 4.5104 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3916 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 4.372 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3914 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 4.543 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3911 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 5.742 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 26
  25. 4.358 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3910 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 5.065 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  28. 3.938 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3907 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 4.168 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3907 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 4.139 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3906 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 4.269 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3902 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 4.045 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3899 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 4.545 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3898 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 4.210 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3897 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 4.529 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3892 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3892 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  38. 4.539 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3891 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 5.250 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3889 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  40. 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3888 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 3.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3886 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 4.481 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3884 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 4.969 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.673 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3883 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 5.077 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3882 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 5.169 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3882 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 6.337 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 71
  48. 5.044 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 4.837 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 4.738 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 4.835 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  52. 5.144 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  53. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 4.459 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3877 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 4.244 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3937 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.188 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3938 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.446 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3939 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.363 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.449 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3940 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.272 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 5.657 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3941 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  8. 4.689 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3942 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 5.527 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3942 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 11
  10. 4.471 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 4.042 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3944 days ago · 52 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 4.433 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3945 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.4111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 4.277 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3946 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.539 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3946 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.284 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 4.289 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 4.888 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3947 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 4.156 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3948 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004gvz. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC.