M4.6 earthquake 14 km NW of Ilave, Peru
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Ilave, Peru on Thu, Oct 8, 2015, 11:09 PM GMT-5 (04:09 UTC), 208 km (129 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-09 04:09:35 UTC
- Depth
- 208.1 km (129.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.994° S, 69.770° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Arica and Poconchile; (II) at Cuya, Chile. Felt at Tacna, Peru.
From the USGS event page for us10003mdx. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.8 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 96
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003mdx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.