Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 40 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 40 km W of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Apr 5, 2016, 9:30 PM GMT-3 (00:30 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-06 00:30:51 UTC
Depth
25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.179° S, 70.538° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.4 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
181°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

Before

  1. 4.625 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3834 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.197 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3835 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.088 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 3842 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005fq5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.