M4.0 earthquake 78 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 78 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 3:47 PM GMT-3 (18:47 UTC), 118 km (73 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 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-26 18:47:03 UTC
- Depth
- 117.9 km (73.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.009° S, 69.427° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4103 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4104 days ago · 110 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.313 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4085 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 13
- 4.3101 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4074 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6113 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4068 days ago · 99 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4126 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4061 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4057 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.620 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.360 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4054 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.9114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4053 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.5147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4128 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4130 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 3.730 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4141 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.09 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4142 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002wl1. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.