M4.4 earthquake 31 km NW of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 31 km NW of Taltal, Chile on Mon, Sep 14, 2015, 3:04 AM GMT-3 (06:04 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-14 06:04:54 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 25.175° S, 70.671° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Copiapo and Tierra Amarilla.
From the USGS event page for us20003j99. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 52°, dip 53°, rake 122°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 186°, dip 47°, rake 55°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From moment tensor inversion
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 234
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003j99. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC.