M4.0 earthquake 142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, May 25, 2015, 3:33 AM GMT-3 (06:33 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 147 km E 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-25 06:33:33 UTC
- Depth
- 100.8 km (62.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.658° S, 68.865° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4129 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4128 days ago · 109 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.078 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4113 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2130 km N of Calama, Chile · 4105 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3121 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4103 days ago · 106 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002m13. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:27 AM UTC.