Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 160 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 160 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jan 3, 2016, 9:21 AM GMT-3 (12:21 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 128 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-03 12:21:57 UTC
Depth
110.7 km (68.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.453° S, 68.638° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
31

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 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.293 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3920 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.4121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3917 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 5.0128 km N of Calama, Chile · 3908 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.4127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3908 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 3896 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3887 days ago · 99 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3878 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.5103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3877 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.3105 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.4154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 95 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.0123 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.2108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.4126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.1155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3934 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.1145 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3934 days ago · 116 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.8134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3942 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.3100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3945 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3947 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004b0n. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:53 PM UTC.