M4.1 earthquake 126 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 126 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Apr 3, 2016, 3:46 AM GMT-3 (06:46 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 155 km N 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-03 06:46:51 UTC
- Depth
- 115.4 km (71.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.266° S, 68.942° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3828 days ago · 103 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1107 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3821 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.287 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3812 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.193 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3811 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3809 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.9155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3808 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3806 days ago · 113 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3792 days ago · 97 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2136 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3777 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.178 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3775 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.1122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3838 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3840 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0148 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3843 days ago · 119 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3851 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.8132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3852 days ago · 114 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2133 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3854 days ago · 107 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.571 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3860 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005e8q. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.