Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 9:34 AM GMT-3 (12:34 UTC), 95 km (59 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
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-12-27 12:34:27 UTC
Depth
95.3 km (59.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.600° S, 68.726° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
60°
Stations used
32

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 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3105 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3931 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.4119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3931 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.3160 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3925 days ago · 111 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.293 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3923 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.4121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3919 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 5.0128 km N of Calama, Chile · 3911 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.4127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3910 days ago · 110 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.5119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3903 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 3898 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.1121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3895 days ago · 126 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3889 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3881 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.1110 km N of Calama, Chile · 3881 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 4.5103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3879 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3932 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.0123 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3935 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.2108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3935 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.4126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3936 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.1155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3936 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.1145 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3937 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.8134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3945 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3949 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.0109 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3955 days ago · 110 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100049x8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.