Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jul 24, 2016, 11:08 PM GMT-4 (03:08 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 121 km E of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-07-25 03:08:58 UTC
Depth
109.9 km (68.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.729° S, 69.254° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
62

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 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3719 days ago · 104 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 4.380 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3710 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 3701 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 5.0102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3699 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.2113 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3692 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 5.3121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3675 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.6136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3672 days ago · 127 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.455 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3667 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 3.983 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3663 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.294 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3660 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.488 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3737 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006hc0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC.