M4.3 earthquake 101 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 101 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Aug 4, 2015, 8:11 AM GMT-3 (11:11 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 105 km ENE 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
- 2015-08-04 11:11:53 UTC
- Depth
- 108.1 km (67.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.591° S, 69.263° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4057 days ago · 109 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 108 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.9114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4053 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4046 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4029 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1138 km N of Calama, Chile · 4023 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4023 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8133 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4023 days ago · 80 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4021 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002xui. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.