Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 97 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 97 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Oct 5, 2016, 9:47 PM GMT-3 (00:47 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 114 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-10-06 00:47:44 UTC
Depth
95.5 km (59.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.278° S, 69.215° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
72

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 3620 days ago · 132 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.0104 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3608 days ago · 111 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.5114 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3606 days ago · 99 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.2138 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3605 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.4120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3605 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 4.294 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3660 days ago · 99 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 3.983 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3663 days ago · 94 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.455 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3667 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.6136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3672 days ago · 127 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 5.3121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3675 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007c8r. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.