Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 10:02 PM GMT-3 (01:02 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 141 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-03-14 01:02:38 UTC
Depth
113.7 km (70.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.954° S, 68.914° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
60°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2135 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3850 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.0148 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3844 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3841 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.1122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3839 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.1126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3833 days ago · 115 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.7141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3829 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3824 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.0115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3824 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 4.1107 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 103 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.287 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3813 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 4.193 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3812 days ago · 89 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 4.4148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3810 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.2133 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3855 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3863 days ago · 101 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.7130 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3863 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.5103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3878 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3879 days ago · 101 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004x9s. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC.