M5.1 earthquake 160 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 160 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 11:01 AM GMT-3 (14:01 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-25 14:01:33 UTC
- Depth
- 103.3 km (64.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.877° S, 68.662° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.1 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 323°, dip 73°, rake -56°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 77°, dip 37°, rake -151°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 23°
- Stations used
- 525
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3565 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6145 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3564 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3560 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3544 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3537 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3534 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 120 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3528 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007mmu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC.