Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 71 km SE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 71 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Mar 5, 2016, 2:31 PM GMT-3 (17:31 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-03-05 17:31:50 UTC
Depth
38.2 km (23.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.737° S, 69.747° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
76

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2133 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3854 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.1Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 3853 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3851 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.1122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3838 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.625 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3834 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.1126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3832 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.193 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3811 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.4148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3809 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.0152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3806 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 3.899 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3861 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.184 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 3862 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3862 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.5103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3877 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.373 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 3881 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3887 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004uxf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC.