M4.1 earthquake 79 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 79 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Nov 1, 2015, 6:14 AM GMT-3 (09:14 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 98 km WNW 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
- 2015-11-01 09:14:31 UTC
- Depth
- 29.7 km (18.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.939° S, 70.854° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.095 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3978 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.999 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3978 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3958 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.098 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3945 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.598 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3945 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.8107 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3937 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000416b. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.