Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 102 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 102 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Aug 14, 2016, 10:28 AM GMT-3 (13:28 UTC), 100 km (62 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: 5.0 (mwr), moderate
Local time: Sun, Aug 14, 2016, 10:28 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2016-08-14 13:28:42 UTC
Depth: 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 20.201° S, 69.170° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 3
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Moment magnitude: 5.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 344°, dip 60°, rake -116°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 208°, dip 39°, rake -52°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 43°
Stations used: 618

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006dri (also filed as iscgem609350849). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC.