M4.1 earthquake 84 km SSW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 84 km SSW of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Mar 4, 2016, 4:58 AM GMT-3 (07:58 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 25 km ESE 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-04 07:58:18 UTC
- Depth
- 51.3 km (31.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.899° S, 70.515° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- 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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5104 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 3862 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.899 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3862 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.571 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3861 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 3854 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.625 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3835 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.040 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3830 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.499 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 3812 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004uma. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.