Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Nov 6, 2015, 8:44 AM GMT-3 (11:44 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 132 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-11-06 11:44:47 UTC
Depth
112.6 km (70.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.988° S, 68.961° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
33°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7132 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3969 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.3110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3962 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 4.3113 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3956 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.3109 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3954 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.0109 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3953 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3947 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.3100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3945 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.1145 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3934 days ago · 116 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.4126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.2108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 4.0123 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 107 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.4154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 4.3105 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.3160 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3922 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.1119 km WNW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3983 days ago · 189 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.6131 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3993 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.5105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3996 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.7151 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4002 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003v7a. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:55 PM UTC.