M4.8 earthquake 56 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 56 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Tue, Oct 10, 2017, 4:21 AM GMT-3 (07:21 UTC), 94 km (59 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-10 07:21:43 UTC
- Depth
- 94.2 km (58.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.581° S, 69.777° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.147 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3275 days ago · 102 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.938 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3272 days ago · 89 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.312 km E of Palca, Peru · 3240 days ago · 153 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.459 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3278 days ago · 91 km deep · 4 km away
- 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 · 82 km away
- 4.723 km SE of Tacna, Peru · 3297 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1114 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3299 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.363 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 3304 days ago · 143 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b3eu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.