M4.1 earthquake 163 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 163 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Sep 26, 2015, 3:39 PM GMT-3 (18:39 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 151 km E 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-26 18:39:38 UTC
- Depth
- 126.0 km (78.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.738° S, 68.676° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 44
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7151 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4003 days ago · 108 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3997 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5124 km S of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 3997 days ago · 187 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6131 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3994 days ago · 107 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1119 km WNW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3984 days ago · 189 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3981 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7132 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3970 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3963 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003mfq. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:11 PM UTC.