M4.2 earthquake 138 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 138 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 11:51 AM GMT-3 (14:51 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-16 14:51:20 UTC
- Depth
- 113.4 km (70.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.298° S, 68.823° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3605 days ago · 109 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1150 km N of Calama, Chile · 3601 days ago · 142 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3591 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 5.1160 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3566 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3564 days ago · 114 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3559 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 112 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100078v8. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.