M4.3 earthquake 75 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 75 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sat, Sep 26, 2015, 7:46 AM GMT-3 (10:46 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-26 10:46:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.898° S, 72.417° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 46
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 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.351 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 4.145 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4011 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 4.553 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.148 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4009 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.054 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4007 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 4.387 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4007 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.272 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3998 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4102 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3996 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.579 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3987 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.429 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.181 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 3973 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.442 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3967 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.295 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2104 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4015 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.498 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4015 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4016 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.397 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4017 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.063 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4017 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1109 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 8
- 3.993 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.8110 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.488 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4018 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.448 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2106 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.792 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.298 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.040 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 4019 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.474 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.480 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.655 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.274 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 4020 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003pb6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC.