M4.1 earthquake 108 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 108 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, Feb 3, 2016, 6:07 AM GMT-3 (09:07 UTC), 45 km (28 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-03 09:07:13 UTC
- Depth
- 45.1 km (28.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.264° S, 69.644° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9139 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3887 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1110 km N of Calama, Chile · 3879 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.184 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 3862 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.899 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3862 days ago · 65 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.571 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3861 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 3854 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6148 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3852 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3851 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3832 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004wsu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.