Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Dec 11, 2015, 7:07 PM GMT-3 (22:07 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 126 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-12-11 22:07:37 UTC
Depth
107.5 km (66.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.799° S, 69.296° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.4 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
37°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1145 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3934 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.4126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.2108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.0123 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.3160 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3922 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.293 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3920 days ago · 102 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.4121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3916 days ago · 96 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.4127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3908 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.1121 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3898 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 3895 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3946 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.3109 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3954 days ago · 100 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.3113 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3956 days ago · 100 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.3110 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3962 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.7132 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3969 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004hcx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC.