M4.6 earthquake 113 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 113 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Sat, Jan 31, 2015, 11:48 PM GMT-3 (02:48 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 94 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-01 02:48:20 UTC
- Depth
- 112.0 km (69.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.887° S, 69.309° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.3 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1101 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4251 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6115 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 4238 days ago · 123 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.782 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4224 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 6.494 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 4210 days ago · 130 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 43
- 4.6Tarapaca, Chile · 4209 days ago · 136 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tknw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:25 AM UTC.