M4.1 earthquake 45 km W of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 45 km W of Valparaíso, Chile on Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 10:20 AM GMT-3 (13:20 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-29 13:20:21 UTC
- Depth
- 22.8 km (14.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.041° S, 72.119° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 182°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 4.553 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.148 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.336 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 4008 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.054 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4008 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4008 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.272 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4102 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.579 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3988 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.429 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.181 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3973 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.442 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3968 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 4.351 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4012 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 4.375 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.326 km SSE of Villa Alemana, Chile · 4018 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
- 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.040 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003irp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.