Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 70 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 70 km W of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jun 9, 2015, 9:38 AM GMT-3 (12:38 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 13 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-06-09 12:38:51 UTC
Depth
13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.206° S, 70.821° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 166°, dip 71°, rake 95°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 331°, dip 19°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.4 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
149

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.573 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.373 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 4.1100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4129 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.561 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4123 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 5.313 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4085 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 13

Before

  1. 4.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4133 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 5.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4139 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 3.730 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4142 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.09 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4143 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.868 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4147 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4148 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 5.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4148 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 7
  8. 4.436 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.276 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.2106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4150 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4150 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 4.194 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4151 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.396 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.387 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002n8y. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.