M4.4 earthquake 127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

Magnitude

4.4 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sun, Jan 17, 2016, 7:01 PM GMT-3

UTC

2016-01-17 22:01:31 UTC

Depth

110.3 km (68.5 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

20.651° S, 69.016° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.9 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

61°

Stations used

34

• Pozo Almonte, ChilePopulation 16,878. Forecast91 kmESE
• Alto Hospicio, ChilePopulation 142,086. Forecast121 kmESE
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast471 kmS

After

1. 4.5119 km N of Calama, ChileMon, Jan 25, 4:16 AM GMT-3 · 3903 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
2. 4.4Tarapaca, ChileSat, Jan 30, 5:33 AM GMT-3 · 3898 days ago · 100 km deep · 39 km away
3. 4.1121 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Feb 2, 5:41 AM GMT-3 · 3895 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
4. 4.1108 km NNE of Tocopilla, ChileWed, Feb 3, 6:07 AM GMT-3 · 3894 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
5. 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, ChileSun, Feb 7, 10:02 PM GMT-3 · 3889 days ago · 99 km deep · 11 km away
6. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, ChileTue, Feb 16, 11:32 AM GMT-3 · 3881 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
7. 4.1110 km N of Calama, ChileTue, Feb 16, 2:57 PM GMT-3 · 3881 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
8. 4.5103 km E of Iquique, ChileThu, Feb 18, 6:18 AM GMT-3 · 3879 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, ChileThu, Mar 3, 5:21 PM GMT-3 · 3864 days ago · 101 km deep · 39 km away
10. 4.571 km SE of Iquique, ChileSat, Mar 5, 2:31 PM GMT-3 · 3863 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
11. 4.2133 km E of Iquique, ChileFri, Mar 11, 10:50 PM GMT-3 · 3856 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
12. 3.8132 km ENE of Iquique, ChileSun, Mar 13, 10:02 PM GMT-3 · 3854 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
13. 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, ChileMon, Mar 14, 12:28 PM GMT-3 · 3854 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away
14. 4.2139 km N of Calama, ChileTue, Mar 15, 9:24 AM GMT-3 · 3853 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away

Before

1. 5.0128 km N of Calama, ChileSun, Jan 17, 12:28 PM GMT-3 · 3911 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
2. 4.4121 km ENE of Iquique, ChileSat, Jan 9, 6:03 AM GMT-3 · 3919 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
3. 4.293 km E of Iquique, ChileTue, Jan 5, 2:45 PM GMT-3 · 3923 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
4. 4.3160 km E of Iquique, ChileSun, Jan 3, 9:21 AM GMT-3 · 3925 days ago · 111 km deep · 45 km away
5. 4.4119 km N of Calama, ChileMon, Dec 28, 2:19 AM GMT-3 · 3931 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
6. 4.3105 km ESE of Iquique, ChileSun, Dec 27, 6:59 PM GMT-3 · 3931 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
7. 4.4154 km ESE of Iquique, ChileSun, Dec 27, 9:34 AM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 95 km deep · 31 km away
8. 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, ChileSun, Dec 27, 7:39 AM GMT-3 · 3932 days ago · 107 km deep · 90 km away
9. 4.0123 km E of Iquique, ChileThu, Dec 24, 12:25 AM GMT-3 · 3935 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
10. 4.2108 km ESE of Iquique, ChileWed, Dec 23, 8:53 PM GMT-3 · 3935 days ago · 106 km deep · 19 km away
11. 4.4126 km E of Iquique, ChileWed, Dec 23, 12:44 PM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 107 km deep · 35 km away
12. 4.1155 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Dec 23, 1:41 AM GMT-3 · 3936 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
13. 4.1145 km E of Iquique, ChileTue, Dec 22, 7:06 AM GMT-3 · 3937 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004gc1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.