Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 32 km NNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 32 km NNW of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 7:32 PM GMT-3 (22:32 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-02-12 22:32:04 UTC
Depth
62.3 km (38.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.960° S, 70.311° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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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
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 323°, dip 74°, rake -86°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 128°, dip 17°, rake -105°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.6 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
81°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.373 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 3881 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 3.877 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3881 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.185 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3879 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.159 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 3866 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.088 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 3842 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.197 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3835 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.625 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3834 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.040 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3829 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 4.245 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3893 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004zv5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.