M4.3 earthquake 121 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 121 km SE of Arica, Chile on Mon, Jun 19, 2017, 10:55 AM GMT-4 (14:55 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 101 km NNE 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-19 14:55:50 UTC
- Depth
- 113.5 km (70.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.164° S, 69.400° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 267°, dip 25°, rake 26°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 153°, dip 79°, rake 112°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 106
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.380 km S of Arica, Chile · 3378 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.9101 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3376 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1143 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3371 days ago · 127 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3114 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3354 days ago · 118 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.136 km E of Arica, Chile · 3348 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009nlb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:32 AM UTC.