M4.3 earthquake 77 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 77 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 10:36 AM GMT-3 (13:36 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 47 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-19 13:36:10 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.450° S, 72.088° 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 Zapallar and (II) at El Quisco.
From the USGS event page for us100047xk. 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 190°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4031 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4031 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.294 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4031 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4031 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4031 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4031 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.343 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4031 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4031 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4031 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4031 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4031 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4031 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4030 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.040 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4030 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4030 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4030 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4029 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4029 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4029 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4029 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 43
- 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4029 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4029 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4029 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4029 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4029 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4029 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 8
- 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4028 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of 123.
Before
- 3.758 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4032 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.956 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4032 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
- 6.279 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4032 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 49
- 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4032 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.487 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.446 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4032 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0125 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.963 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4032 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.787 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.695 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.598 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.188 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.170 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4032 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.298 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
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