Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 94 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 94 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 5:41 PM GMT-3 (20:41 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 43 km W of Valparaíso, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-19 20:41:18 UTC
Depth
9.4 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.362° S, 72.243° 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 15°, dip 34°, rake 112°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 169°, dip 59°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.8 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
150°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.2100 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.0103 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.181 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.283 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.343 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.284 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 4.4117 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.373 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 5.193 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.2104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.2112 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.3135 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.292 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.189 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4020 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 4.040 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 6.154 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 128
  23. 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  24. 4.165 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 4.180 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 4.746 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 4.265 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 5.647 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 43
  30. 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 4.899 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 4.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.750 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  34. 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 4.2151 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 4.295 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 8
  41. 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 4.0123 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 4.576 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 5.074 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  47. 4.478 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 4.069 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 4.191 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  51. 4.082 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 4.2105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 4.4100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 4.496 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 4.3100 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 4.744 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 4.590 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  60. 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 4.283 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.570 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.0105 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 3.774 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.478 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.280 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.598 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.270 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.377 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 3.758 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 4.956 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 6.279 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 49
  14. 4.541 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4021 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  15. 4.2110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.537 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.247 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 4.487 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 4.186 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.873 km W of Illapel, Chile · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lzn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.