M4.8 earthquake 133 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 133 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Sep 25, 2015, 12:21 AM GMT-3 (03:21 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-25 03:21:56 UTC
- Depth
- 80.2 km (49.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.885° S, 69.086° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 136
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4021 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 3999 days ago · 125 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3996 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6131 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3993 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3976 days ago · 139 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7151 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3970 days ago · 131 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3969 days ago · 129 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nx1 (also filed as gcmt20150925032156). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC.