Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 139 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 139 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Apr 2, 2016, 11:19 PM GMT-3 (02:19 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 155 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-03 02:19:01 UTC
Depth
117.5 km (73.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.200° S, 68.907° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3828 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.0112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3824 days ago · 127 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.6147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3819 days ago · 141 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.3149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3818 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 4.4148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3809 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 4.9155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3808 days ago · 133 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 4.389 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3807 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.0152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3807 days ago · 113 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 4.1122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3798 days ago · 111 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.2137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3792 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.3105 km N of Calama, Chile · 3788 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.7144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3784 days ago · 133 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 4.178 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3776 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.1122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3839 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.2139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3851 days ago · 116 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3852 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.575 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3852 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.2133 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3854 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.899 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3861 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005e7w. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC.