M4.5 earthquake 116 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 116 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, May 3, 2015, 11:05 AM GMT-3 (14:05 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 171 km ENE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-03 14:05:21 UTC
- Depth
- 116.8 km (72.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.484° S, 69.346° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4153 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.436 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4151 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 135 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.8171 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4148 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4132 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.078 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4115 days ago · 118 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002dup. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.