M4.5 earthquake 41 km N of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 41 km N of Vallenar, Chile on Sun, Sep 6, 2015, 2:19 AM GMT-3 (05:19 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 47 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-06 05:19:07 UTC
- Depth
- 39.4 km (24.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.204° S, 70.697° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.647 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 4027 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.255 km SW of Copiapó, Chile · 4002 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.328 km ESE of Vallenar, Chile · 3986 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003gw2. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC.