M4.2 earthquake 122 km SE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 122 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, May 15, 2015, 3:02 AM GMT-3 (06:02 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 152 km ESE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-15 06:02:27 UTC
- Depth
- 109.8 km (68.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.857° S, 69.199° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6152 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4155 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 135 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4148 days ago · 117 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4148 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4132 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.078 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4115 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2130 km N of Calama, Chile · 4108 days ago · 121 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3121 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4106 days ago · 106 km deep · 8 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000296q. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC.