M4.1 earthquake 145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 9:35 AM GMT-3 (12:35 UTC), 116 km (72 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-03 12:35:45 UTC
- Depth
- 115.5 km (71.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.536° S, 68.800° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3677 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 4.455 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3669 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.983 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3666 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.294 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3663 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0127 km N of Calama, Chile · 3653 days ago · 130 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.497 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3649 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3622 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0105 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3622 days ago · 173 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.1123 km N of Calama, Chile · 3693 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3697 days ago · 110 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3701 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 4.4113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3702 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 3703 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006jy5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.