M4.3 earthquake 114 km SE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 114 km SE of Arica, Chile on Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 5:12 PM GMT-4 (21:12 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 92 km SSE of Arica, 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
- 2017-07-26 21:12:03 UTC
- Depth
- 117.9 km (73.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.106° S, 69.432° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.136 km E of Arica, Chile · 3348 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.292 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3313 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 13
- 4.1114 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3299 days ago · 98 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a1it. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC.