M4.9 earthquake 130 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 130 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Nov 3, 2016, 9:44 AM GMT-3 (12:44 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 160 km ENE 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
- 4.9 (mww), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-03 12:44:02 UTC
- Depth
- 113.4 km (70.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.356° S, 69.294° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, 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
- 4.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 359°, dip 81°, rake -116°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 252°, dip 28°, rake -19°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 97
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5117 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3611 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0104 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3608 days ago · 111 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5114 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3607 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.9101 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3591 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.1160 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3566 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 4.6145 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3564 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3560 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100073xf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:07 PM UTC.