M4.1 earthquake 103 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 103 km SE of Arica, Chile on Tue, Feb 16, 2016, 7:48 PM GMT-3 (22:48 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 79 km ESE of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-16 22:48:01 UTC
- Depth
- 98.9 km (61.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.054° S, 69.523° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.353 km S of Arica, Chile · 3877 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7130 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3864 days ago · 113 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.192 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3860 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.079 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3858 days ago · 94 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3857 days ago · 98 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2135 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3851 days ago · 109 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3842 days ago · 117 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3824 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004r1w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC.