M4.6 earthquake 101 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 101 km E of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 4:14 AM GMT-3 (07:14 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 133 km ESE 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-24 07:14:43 UTC
- Depth
- 98.9 km (61.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.226° S, 69.178° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8133 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4023 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1163 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4021 days ago · 126 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4021 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7151 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4002 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3996 days ago · 87 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.6131 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3993 days ago · 107 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3980 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nkv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC.