Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 53 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 53 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Thu, Oct 1, 2015, 11:31 AM GMT-3 (14:31 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-10-01 14:31:10 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.795° S, 72.121° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
191°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
29

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.148 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.582 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.054 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4007 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.261 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.267 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 4004 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.163 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 3998 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.272 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.4102 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.579 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3987 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 4.429 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.181 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3973 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.442 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3967 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 4.4104 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4009 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.145 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.351 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.375 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4014 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4015 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.326 km SSE of Villa Alemana, Chile · 4018 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  14. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
  15. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 4.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1

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