M4.0 earthquake 100 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 100 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Feb 15, 2015, 7:19 AM GMT-3 (10:19 UTC), 99 km (61 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-15 10:19:06 UTC
- Depth
- 98.8 km (61.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.083° S, 69.198° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4239 days ago · 93 km deep · 1 km away
- 5.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4229 days ago · 106 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5129 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4227 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.782 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4223 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2138 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4193 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000trix. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC.