Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 121 km SE of Arica, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 121 km SE of Arica, Chile on Wed, Jan 27, 2016, 11:35 AM GMT-3 (14:35 UTC), 101 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 79 km ESE of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-27 14:35:33 UTC
Depth
100.5 km (62.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.248° S, 69.487° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.2 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2116 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3881 days ago · 105 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3878 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.1103 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3878 days ago · 99 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.353 km S of Arica, Chile · 3875 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.7130 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3862 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 4.192 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3858 days ago · 127 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 5.079 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3856 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3855 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 3.8132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3852 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.2135 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3849 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3840 days ago · 117 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.890 km S of Arica, Chile · 3912 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.4121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3917 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.293 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3920 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004v2a. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.