M4.3 earthquake 105 km WSW of Taltal, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 105 km WSW of Taltal, Chile on Thu, Aug 20, 2015, 2:36 PM GMT-3 (17:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-20 17:36:50 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 25.872° S, 71.405° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003geg. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC.