M4.0 earthquake 119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jan 1, 2017, 2:19 AM GMT-3 (05:19 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 136 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-01 05:19:54 UTC
- Depth
- 108.1 km (67.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.693° S, 69.149° 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, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 41
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
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3543 days ago · 100 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3537 days ago · 121 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3534 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.930 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3528 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.2136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3505 days ago · 108 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007p1v. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC.