M4.1 earthquake 142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 142 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 8:58 PM GMT-3 (23:58 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 105 km ENE 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-24 23:58:18 UTC
- Depth
- 122.5 km (76.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.527° S, 69.002° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9114 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4054 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4047 days ago · 97 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4029 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4024 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1163 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4022 days ago · 126 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7151 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4002 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3997 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5124 km S of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 3997 days ago · 187 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003hb4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.