Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Aug 14, 2016, 7:23 AM GMT-3 (10:23 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 121 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-08-14 10:23:56 UTC
Depth
111.1 km (69.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.683° S, 69.180° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
36

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3700 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.7137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3695 days ago · 110 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.1123 km N of Calama, Chile · 3692 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.1145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3680 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 5.3121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3675 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.455 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3667 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.983 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3664 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.294 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3661 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.0127 km N of Calama, Chile · 3651 days ago · 130 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.497 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3647 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 3701 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.8121 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3711 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.5136 km N of Calama, Chile · 3720 days ago · 122 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3728 days ago · 136 km deep · 89 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006dqt. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC.