M4.5 earthquake 133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 5:02 PM GMT-3 (20:02 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 141 km E 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-25 20:02:10 UTC
- Depth
- 117.0 km (72.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.603° S, 69.056° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 69
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3832 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3828 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 101 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1107 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3821 days ago · 103 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4109 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3816 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.287 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3812 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.193 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3811 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 4.0148 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3843 days ago · 119 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2135 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3849 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.8132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3852 days ago · 114 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2133 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3854 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3862 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.7130 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3862 days ago · 113 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005che. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.