M4.8 earthquake 171 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 171 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, May 24, 2015, 6:38 AM GMT-3 (09:38 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mww), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-24 09:38:04 UTC
- Depth
- 129.4 km (80.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.619° S, 68.639° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 359°, dip 85°, rake -65°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 99°, dip 25°, rake -169°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.8 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 319
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4128 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.078 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4114 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4103 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4105 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002bwn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC.