M4.2 earthquake 116 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 116 km SE of Arica, Chile on Sat, Feb 13, 2016, 9:21 PM GMT-3 (00:21 UTC), 105 km (65 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-14 00:21:25 UTC
- Depth
- 105.1 km (65.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.143° S, 69.445° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3878 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1103 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3878 days ago · 99 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.353 km S of Arica, Chile · 3875 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7130 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3862 days ago · 113 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.192 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3858 days ago · 127 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.079 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3856 days ago · 94 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3855 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2135 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3849 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3840 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000501a. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC.