Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Tarapaca, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in Tarapaca, Chile on Sat, Jan 30, 2016, 5:33 AM GMT-3 (08:33 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-01-30 08:33:45 UTC
Depth
100.0 km (62.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.347° S, 69.201° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3887 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.2115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3879 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.5103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3877 days ago · 101 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3862 days ago · 101 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.571 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3861 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.2133 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3854 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 3.8132 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3852 days ago · 114 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3852 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 4.0148 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3844 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.5133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3840 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.1122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3839 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 4.4127 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3908 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.4121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3917 days ago · 96 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.293 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3921 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 4.3160 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3923 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004w0m. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:11 AM UTC.