M4.3 earthquake 121 km SE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 121 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Jul 6, 2015, 12:05 AM GMT-3 (03:05 UTC), 106 km (66 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-06 03:05:15 UTC
- Depth
- 105.6 km (65.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.909° S, 69.245° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- 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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4079 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3101 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4074 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4057 days ago · 109 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.9114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4053 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002nld. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.