M4.3 earthquake 80 km NNE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 80 km NNE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Aug 3, 2016, 12:40 AM GMT-4 (04:40 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 136 km NE 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-03 04:40:12 UTC
- Depth
- 58.4 km (36.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.526° S, 69.912° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2113 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3692 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3673 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.455 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3667 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.983 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3663 days ago · 94 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100069n7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC.