M3.9 earthquake 101 km NNE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 101 km NNE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Dec 1, 2016, 2:53 AM GMT-3 (05:53 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 43 km NW 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-01 05:53:23 UTC
- Depth
- 85.6 km (53.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.445° S, 69.620° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6145 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3564 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3560 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.243 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 3557 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12
- 3.774 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3553 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3544 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.930 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 4.5114 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3607 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0104 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3608 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5117 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3611 days ago · 95 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.9130 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3619 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dzj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:07 AM UTC.