M4.4 earthquake 55 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 55 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 12:37 PM GMT-3 (15:37 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-15 15:37:51 UTC
- Depth
- 79.9 km (49.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.363° S, 69.645° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.983 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3663 days ago · 94 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.294 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3660 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.497 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3646 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0104 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3608 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 5.3121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3675 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3679 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.493 km S of Iquique, Chile · 3694 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3694 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ptj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC.