M3.9 earthquake 114 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 114 km E of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 1:56 AM GMT-3 (04:56 UTC), 105 km (65 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-25 04:56:40 UTC
- Depth
- 104.7 km (65.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.363° S, 69.066° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4047 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4029 days ago · 96 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4024 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.8133 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4023 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1163 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4022 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4021 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7151 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4002 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3997 days ago · 87 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 4.1142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4054 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 108 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.2115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4058 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6113 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4069 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3101 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4075 days ago · 108 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4080 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100034nl. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.