Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 12:06 PM GMT-3 (15:06 UTC), 8 km (5 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-06-10 15:06:41 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.551° S, 71.046° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 200°, dip 79°, rake 102°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 332°, dip 16°, rake 43°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
60

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.561 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4122 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 5.313 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4085 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 13

Before

  1. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.373 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.573 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.770 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4133 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 5.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4139 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 3.730 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4142 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.868 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4147 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4147 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 5.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4148 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 7
  11. 4.276 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.2106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4150 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4150 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 4.396 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 4.387 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002nq1. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC.