M4.2 earthquake 87 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 87 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 23, 2016, 8:24 AM GMT-3 (11:24 UTC), 89 km (55 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-23 11:24:15 UTC
- Depth
- 89.3 km (55.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.709° S, 69.500° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.193 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3811 days ago · 89 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2136 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3777 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.178 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3776 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.1147 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3769 days ago · 97 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.086 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3768 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3755 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.4109 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3816 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1107 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3821 days ago · 103 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3822 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0115 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 101 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3832 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.625 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3834 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3840 days ago · 117 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005l6h. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC.