M5.2 earthquake 106 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 106 km E of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Mar 3, 2015, 9:45 AM GMT-3 (12:45 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-03 12:45:19 UTC
- Depth
- 106.2 km (66.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.358° S, 69.145° 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 II, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 346°, dip 61°, rake -103°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 193°, dip 31°, rake -66°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5129 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4228 days ago · 103 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.782 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4224 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 4203 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.2155 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4188 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 3.8100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4240 days ago · 93 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.0100 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4246 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1101 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4251 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3127 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4257 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.174 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4258 days ago · 86 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tun1 (also filed as iscgem610586572). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.