M4.7 earthquake 137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 2:59 AM GMT-3 (05:59 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 121 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
- 4.7 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-19 05:59:23 UTC
- Depth
- 109.8 km (68.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.599° S, 68.899° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1123 km N of Calama, Chile · 3691 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3679 days ago · 116 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.3121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3674 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 4.455 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3667 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.983 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3663 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.294 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3660 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0127 km N of Calama, Chile · 3650 days ago · 130 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.497 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3646 days ago · 95 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 5.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3699 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 4.4113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3699 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 3701 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.8121 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3710 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5136 km N of Calama, Chile · 3720 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006exb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.