M4.6 earthquake 135 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 135 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sat, May 23, 2015, 10:22 PM GMT-3 (01:22 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 171 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-24 01:22:04 UTC
- Depth
- 134.6 km (83.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.190° S, 68.858° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 89
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8171 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4146 days ago · 129 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4146 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4145 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4129 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4128 days ago · 109 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.078 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4113 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3121 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4103 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002bvf. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC.