M5.3 earthquake 121 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 121 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 5:03 PM GMT-3 (20:03 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-07 20:03:23 UTC
- Depth
- 98.8 km (61.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.045° S, 69.005° 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
- 5.3 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 308°, dip 70°, rake -91°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 132°, dip 20°, rake -86°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.2 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 609
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3673 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.455 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3667 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.983 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3664 days ago · 94 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.294 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3661 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.497 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3647 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9130 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3619 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.1145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3680 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.7137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3695 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3699 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 4.4113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3700 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 3701 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006mu3 (also filed as iscgem609425625). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC.