M4.4 earthquake 88 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 88 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Jul 6, 2016, 6:59 PM GMT-4 (22:59 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 102 km E 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
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-06 22:59:10 UTC
- Depth
- 88.2 km (54.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.463° S, 69.350° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at La Tirana and Pica; (III) at Alto Hospicio, Camina, Huara, Iquique, Mamina, Pisagua and Pozo Almonte.
From the USGS event page for us100061gk. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 3°, dip 75°, rake -132°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 257°, dip 44°, rake -22°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.4 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 97
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2132 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3738 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3735 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3721 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3721 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.8121 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3712 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 3702 days ago · 116 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3701 days ago · 111 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3701 days ago · 100 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 4.7137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3696 days ago · 110 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3681 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.9117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3741 days ago · 91 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.7154 km N of Calama, Chile · 3743 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3753 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3756 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.0162 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3756 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6148 km N of Calama, Chile · 3761 days ago · 114 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3767 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
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