M4.0 earthquake 83 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 83 km W of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jun 9, 2015, 12:04 PM GMT-3 (15:04 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
- 4.0 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-09 15:04:07 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.219° S, 70.949° 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
- 4.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 146°, dip 23°, rake 62°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 356°, dip 70°, rake 101°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.2 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4129 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.561 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4122 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.313 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4085 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 13
Before
- 4.373 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.573 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.770 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 4.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4133 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4139 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.730 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4142 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.09 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4142 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.868 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4147 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4148 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4148 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 7
- 4.276 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.2106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4150 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4150 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.194 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4151 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.396 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 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 us20002n9x. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.