M4.4 earthquake 120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 3:33 PM GMT-3 (18:33 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 160 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-16 18:33:20 UTC
- Depth
- 108.8 km (67.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.777° S, 69.167° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1150 km N of Calama, Chile · 3601 days ago · 142 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.8160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3592 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3565 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3552 days ago · 126 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.2138 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3606 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4104 km S of Iquique, Chile · 3607 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3608 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0104 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3608 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3621 days ago · 132 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100078y7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:51 AM UTC.