M4.4 earthquake 59 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 59 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Tue, Oct 10, 2017, 4:04 AM GMT-3 (07:04 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 56 km ESE 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-10 07:04:46 UTC
- Depth
- 90.6 km (56.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.595° S, 69.745° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.856 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3278 days ago · 94 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.147 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3275 days ago · 102 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.938 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3272 days ago · 89 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.312 km E of Palca, Peru · 3240 days ago · 153 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 6.358 km E of Arica, Chile · 3278 days ago · 85 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 82
- 3.977 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 3294 days ago · 147 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.723 km SE of Tacna, Peru · 3297 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1114 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3299 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.363 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 3304 days ago · 143 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b3e9. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.