M4.6 earthquake 152 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 152 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, May 17, 2015, 6:07 PM GMT-3 (21:07 UTC), 102 km (63 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-17 21:07:55 UTC
- Depth
- 101.6 km (63.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.865° S, 68.867° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.098 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4153 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4147 days ago · 135 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4146 days ago · 117 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.0142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4146 days ago · 101 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4128 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4121 days ago · 131 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.9114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4120 days ago · 144 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2130 km N of Calama, Chile · 4106 days ago · 121 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3121 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4104 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002a12. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC.