Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 155 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Jun 8, 2016, 6:18 PM GMT-4 (22:18 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-06-08 22:18:29 UTC
Depth
105.1 km (65.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.879° S, 68.838° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6148 km N of Calama, Chile · 3760 days ago · 114 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.0162 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3755 days ago · 114 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3755 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.2125 km N of Calama, Chile · 3755 days ago · 113 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.4132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3751 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.2132 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3748 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.0142 km N of Calama, Chile · 3746 days ago · 114 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.7154 km N of Calama, Chile · 3741 days ago · 114 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.9117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3740 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.488 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3738 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.2132 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3737 days ago · 111 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3734 days ago · 114 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.2147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3728 days ago · 136 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 4.5136 km N of Calama, Chile · 3720 days ago · 122 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.2119 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3711 days ago · 173 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.8121 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3711 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 4.086 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3768 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.0146 km N of Calama, Chile · 3772 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.178 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3776 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.7144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3784 days ago · 133 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.3105 km N of Calama, Chile · 3788 days ago · 120 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.2137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3792 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200062wq. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC.