M4.5 earthquake 73 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 73 km W of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jun 9, 2015, 10:09 AM GMT-3 (13:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 13 km SW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-09 13:09:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.267° S, 70.847° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.373 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4132 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4132 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.561 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4124 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.313 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4086 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 13
Before
- 4.770 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4132 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 4.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4134 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4141 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.730 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4143 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.09 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4144 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.868 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4149 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 7
- 4.436 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4150 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.276 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4151 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.194 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.396 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4154 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.387 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4154 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
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