M4.3 earthquake 108 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 108 km SE of Arica, Chile on Sat, Mar 25, 2017, 8:24 AM GMT-3 (11:24 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 101 km NE 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-25 11:24:22 UTC
- Depth
- 121.7 km (75.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.081° S, 69.484° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 25
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4150 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3473 days ago · 128 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.086 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3471 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3456 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.579 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3453 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 4.685 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3452 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 5.4101 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
- 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3432 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.052 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3424 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1113 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3421 days ago · 103 km deep · 5 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008uka. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:28 PM UTC.