M4.1 earthquake 108 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 108 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 10:55 PM GMT-3 (01:55 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 133 km ESE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-19 01:55:50 UTC
- Depth
- 96.2 km (59.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.071° S, 69.124° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 31
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4027 days ago · 99 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.8133 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4026 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1163 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4024 days ago · 126 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4024 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7151 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4005 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3999 days ago · 87 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6131 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3996 days ago · 107 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3983 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 5.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4049 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 6
- 3.9114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4057 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4057 days ago · 122 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4058 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4061 days ago · 109 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003jt8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.