M4.3 earthquake 58 km E of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 58 km E of Arica, Chile on Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 1:04 PM GMT-3 (16:04 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 38 km WNW of Camiña, 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-15 16:04:49 UTC
- Depth
- 126.8 km (78.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.573° S, 69.752° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 35
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.149 km E of Arica, Chile · 271 days ago · 92 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.538 km WNW of Camiña, Chile · 271 days ago · 116 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.466 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 267 days ago · 123 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.283 km SE of Palca, Peru · 252 days ago · 138 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rv08. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:16 AM UTC.