M4.3 earthquake 134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, May 24, 2015, 9:32 AM GMT-3 (12:32 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 147 km E 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-24 12:32:07 UTC
- Depth
- 116.7 km (72.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.666° S, 68.955° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4145 days ago · 101 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4129 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4128 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.078 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4113 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2130 km N of Calama, Chile · 4105 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3121 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4103 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 us10002bwu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC.