M4.3 earthquake 36 km NE of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 36 km NE of Taltal, Chile on Tue, Oct 6, 2015, 3:07 AM GMT-3 (06:07 UTC), 43 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 65 km N of Taltal, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-06 06:07:32 UTC
- Depth
- 42.6 km (26.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 25.210° S, 70.192° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 360°, dip 20°, rake 104°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 165°, dip 71°, rake 85°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.1 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1121 km E of Taltal, Chile · 4010 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.240 km SW of Taltal, Chile · 3998 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
- 6.265 km N of Taltal, Chile · 3963 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 26
- 4.774 km N of Taltal, Chile · 3963 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003kms. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC.