Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 4:58 AM GMT-3 (07:58 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 106 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-01-12 07:58:03 UTC
Depth
104.4 km (64.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.508° S, 68.840° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0111 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4269 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.4141 km N of Calama, Chile · 4265 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.2126 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4263 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.174 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4256 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.3127 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4255 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.0100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4244 days ago · 99 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.8100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4239 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 5.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4228 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.5129 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4226 days ago · 103 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 4.8126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4281 days ago · 107 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.2119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 4290 days ago · 184 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.8143 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4293 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.5162 km N of Calama, Chile · 4303 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.8135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4303 days ago · 103 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.8120 km N of Calama, Chile · 4304 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.2123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4305 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4305 days ago · 104 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 4307 days ago · 100 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tes2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC.