M4.8 earthquake 126 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 126 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Jan 9, 2015, 8:48 AM GMT-3 (11:48 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 106 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
- 4.8 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-09 11:48:28 UTC
- Depth
- 107.0 km (66.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.407° S, 68.952° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 1°, dip 90°, rake -27°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 91°, dip 63°, rake -180°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.4 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 162
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4279 days ago · 104 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.940 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4271 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0111 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4270 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4141 km N of Calama, Chile · 4266 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.174 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4257 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1101 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4250 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4245 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.8100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4239 days ago · 93 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4229 days ago · 106 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5129 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4227 days ago · 103 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.782 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4223 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.8143 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4294 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 4.5162 km N of Calama, Chile · 4304 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4304 days ago · 103 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4306 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4306 days ago · 104 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 4308 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000te5u. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.