Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 61 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 61 km W of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Jun 17, 2015, 4:21 AM GMT-3 (07:21 UTC), 24 km (15 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
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-06-17 07:21:16 UTC
Depth
23.7 km (14.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.252° S, 70.737° 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
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 294°, dip 24°, rake 41°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 166°, dip 75°, rake 108°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.313 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4085 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 13
  2. 3.860 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4065 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away

Before

  1. 4.1100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4129 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.373 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.573 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.770 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4133 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 5.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4139 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 3.730 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4142 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.09 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4142 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 4.868 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4147 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4148 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 5.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4148 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 7
  13. 4.436 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.276 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4149 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 4.2106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4150 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4150 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 4.194 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4151 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.396 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 4.387 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4152 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002qld. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.