Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 136 km ENE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 136 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, May 27, 2016, 7:24 PM GMT-4 (23:24 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 147 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-05-27 23:24:23 UTC
Depth
109.5 km (68.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.722° S, 68.953° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 213°, dip 25°, rake -39°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 339°, dip 74°, rake -110°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.1 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
44°
Stations used
149

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 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.178 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3775 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 5.1147 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3768 days ago · 97 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.086 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3767 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3754 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.4132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3751 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.488 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3737 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.5108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3719 days ago · 110 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.3113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3719 days ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 4.2137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3792 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005yny. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC.