Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 133 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 133 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 10:50 PM GMT-3 (01:50 UTC), 107 km (67 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
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-12 01:50:07 UTC
Depth
107.1 km (66.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.426° S, 68.888° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.8132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3853 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3853 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.2139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3852 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.0148 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3845 days ago · 119 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3842 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.1122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3840 days ago · 100 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3833 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.1126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3833 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.7141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3829 days ago · 103 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3824 days ago · 111 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 4.0115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3824 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 109 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.1107 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 4.6147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3820 days ago · 141 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 4.3149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3819 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 4.193 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3813 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 4.4148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3810 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 4.9155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3810 days ago · 133 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 4.0152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3808 days ago · 113 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 4.571 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3862 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3864 days ago · 101 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.5103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3878 days ago · 101 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3880 days ago · 101 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004wxd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.