M3.8 earthquake 99 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 99 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Fri, Mar 4, 2016, 5:48 PM GMT-3 (20:48 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-04 20:48:35 UTC
- Depth
- 64.6 km (40.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.313° S, 69.724° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.51
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.571 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3860 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 3853 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3851 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3832 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3823 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.499 km NNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 3811 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3806 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004uti. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC.