M4.6 earthquake 113 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 113 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Aug 10, 2015, 2:04 PM GMT-3 (17:04 UTC), 99 km (62 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-10 17:04:16 UTC
- Depth
- 99.4 km (61.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.558° S, 69.320° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4126 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4063 days ago · 100 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.360 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4056 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4056 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 122 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.9114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4048 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4030 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4025 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1163 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4023 days ago · 126 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100035at. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:31 AM UTC.