M4.2 earthquake 135 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 135 km SE of Arica, Chile on Wed, Mar 16, 2016, 10:38 PM GMT-3 (01:38 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 133 km ENE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-17 01:38:34 UTC
- Depth
- 108.9 km (67.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.247° S, 69.302° 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, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0148 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3845 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3841 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3824 days ago · 101 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1107 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4109 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3817 days ago · 123 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 4.287 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3813 days ago · 89 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.193 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3812 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 3.8132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3853 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3856 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.079 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3857 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.192 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3860 days ago · 127 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7130 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3863 days ago · 113 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1103 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3879 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3880 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005adh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC.