Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 126 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 126 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 12:44 PM GMT-3 (15:44 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 103 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-12-23 15:44:59 UTC
Depth
106.8 km (66.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.341° S, 68.944° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.0 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.0123 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 102 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3930 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.4154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3930 days ago · 95 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.3105 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.3160 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3923 days ago · 111 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.293 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3921 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.4121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3917 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.4127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3908 days ago · 110 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 3896 days ago · 100 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3887 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3879 days ago · 101 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.5103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3877 days ago · 101 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.1155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3934 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.1145 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3935 days ago · 116 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.3100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3945 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3947 days ago · 107 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.0109 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3954 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.3109 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3955 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.3113 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3956 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.3110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3962 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000491e. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:10 AM UTC.