M4.6 earthquake 80 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 80 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile on Thu, Jun 4, 2015, 3:49 AM GMT-3 (06:49 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 67 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-04 06:49:17 UTC
- Depth
- 25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.748° S, 71.563° 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.
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
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 22°, dip 26°, rake 112°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 177°, dip 66°, rake 79°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.4 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 178
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.567 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 4133 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.289 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4123 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.067 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4094 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 4.292 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 4084 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.548 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 4083 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002ly3. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC.