M4.6 earthquake 155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Sep 26, 2015, 8:06 PM GMT-3 (23:06 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 151 km E 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
- 2015-09-26 23:06:06 UTC
- Depth
- 99.5 km (61.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.826° S, 68.811° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7151 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4002 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 3999 days ago · 125 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3996 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6131 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3993 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3980 days ago · 113 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3976 days ago · 139 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7151 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3970 days ago · 131 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3969 days ago · 129 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 4.8133 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4023 days ago · 80 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6101 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4023 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1138 km N of Calama, Chile · 4024 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4029 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4030 days ago · 127 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003pe8. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.