M4.3 earthquake 73 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 73 km W of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jun 9, 2015, 10:59 AM GMT-3 (13:59 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-09 13:59:55 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (7.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.239° S, 70.852° 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.
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
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 334°, dip 34°, rake 74°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 173°, dip 57°, rake 101°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4135 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.1100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4134 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.561 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4127 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.313 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4090 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 13
Before
- 4.573 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4135 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.770 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4135 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 4.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4138 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4144 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.730 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4146 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.09 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4147 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.868 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4152 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
- 5.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4153 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 7
- 4.436 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4154 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.276 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4154 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.2106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4155 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4155 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.194 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4155 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.396 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4157 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.387 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4157 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002n9i. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC.