M4.3 earthquake 161 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 161 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jul 17, 2008, 4:35 AM GMT-4 (08:35 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 96 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-17 08:35:01 UTC
- Depth
- 113.4 km (70.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.650° S, 68.674° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000gcde. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9170 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6645 days ago · 124 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.8159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6636 days ago · 143 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0144 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 6628 days ago · 138 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2167 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6627 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6622 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.7113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6612 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5154 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6611 days ago · 124 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.6122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6603 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.9154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6598 days ago · 83 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.796 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6595 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.495 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6595 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.9125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6593 days ago · 142 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8141 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6591 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gcde. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.