M4.2 earthquake 92 km SW of San Antonio, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 92 km SW of San Antonio, Chile on Tue, Nov 24, 2015, 12:58 PM GMT-3 (15:58 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 53 km NNW of Talca, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-24 15:58:27 UTC
- Depth
- 16.5 km (10.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.168° S, 72.332° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 194°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.653 km NNW of Talca, Chile · 3946 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
- 4.098 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 3927 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.373 km N of Constitución, Chile · 3973 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.181 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3982 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.143 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile · 3991 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4Near the coast of Libertador O'Higgins, Chile · 3992 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100040t5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:41 AM UTC.