M4.5 earthquake 111 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 111 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Sun, Jul 5, 2015, 2:42 AM GMT-3 (05:42 UTC), 102 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-05 05:42:45 UTC
- Depth
- 102.4 km (63.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.026° S, 69.408° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4103 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4105 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6113 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4069 days ago · 99 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4126 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4062 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4047 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002zhg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC.