Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 4:50 AM GMT-3 (07:50 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 128 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-12-10 07:50:03 UTC
Depth
107.0 km (66.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.661° S, 69.221° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.6 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
81°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3945 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.8134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3942 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.1145 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3934 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.1155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3934 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.4126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 107 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.2108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 106 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 4.0123 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.4154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.3105 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 105 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.4119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3929 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.3160 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3922 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.293 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3920 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.4121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3916 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 5.0128 km N of Calama, Chile · 3908 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 4.4127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3908 days ago · 110 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 4.5119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3900 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 3895 days ago · 100 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 4.1108 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3891 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3887 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.0109 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3953 days ago · 110 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 4.3110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3962 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.1162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3969 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.7151 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3969 days ago · 131 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.1150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3976 days ago · 139 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004g30. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC.