M5.4 earthquake 105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Sep 1, 2015, 12:28 PM GMT-3 (15:28 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-01 15:28:51 UTC
- Depth
- 97.2 km (60.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.785° S, 69.245° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.4 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 27°, dip 88°, rake -171°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 297°, dip 81°, rake -1°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4029 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4023 days ago · 99 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1163 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4021 days ago · 126 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7151 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4002 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3996 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6131 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3992 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 3.9114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4054 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4054 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4055 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4057 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4126 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4061 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6113 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4068 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3101 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4074 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003fe4 (also filed as gcmt20150901152851, iscgem607719008). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC.