M4.0 earthquake 115 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 115 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 9:33 AM GMT-3 (12:33 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 147 km NE 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-12 12:33:40 UTC
- Depth
- 101.0 km (62.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.596° S, 69.256° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1107 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3821 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4109 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3816 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.287 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3812 days ago · 89 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.193 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3811 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2124 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 3779 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3123 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3779 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2136 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3777 days ago · 109 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.1147 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3769 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.086 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3768 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.1126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3832 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3840 days ago · 117 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0148 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3844 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2135 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3849 days ago · 109 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.8132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3852 days ago · 114 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005k4d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC.