Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 8:53 PM GMT-3 (23:53 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 128 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-12-23 23:53:33 UTC
Depth
106.5 km (66.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.562° S, 69.177° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
77°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0123 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3934 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3931 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.4154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3930 days ago · 95 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.3105 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3930 days ago · 105 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.3160 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3923 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.293 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3921 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.4121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3918 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 5.0128 km N of Calama, Chile · 3909 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.4127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3909 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 3897 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.1108 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3893 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3888 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3879 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.5103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3878 days ago · 101 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.4126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3934 days ago · 107 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.1155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3935 days ago · 108 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.1145 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3936 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.3100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3946 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3948 days ago · 107 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.0109 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3954 days ago · 110 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 4.3109 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3955 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.3110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3963 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000496e. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.