M4.5 earthquake 147 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 147 km E of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 5:48 PM GMT-3 (20:48 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 147 km NNE of Calama, 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
- 2015-06-11 20:48:00 UTC
- Depth
- 109.4 km (68.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.467° S, 68.763° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Stations used
- 0
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.078 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4115 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2130 km N of Calama, Chile · 4107 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3121 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4106 days ago · 106 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.8147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4081 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3101 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4076 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.4100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4132 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4147 days ago · 101 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4148 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8171 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4148 days ago · 129 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 135 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6152 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4155 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2122 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4157 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002l6j. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC.