M4.0 earthquake 144 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 144 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Jan 14, 2017, 9:26 PM GMT-3 (00:26 UTC), 112 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 142 km ESE 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-15 00:26:08 UTC
- Depth
- 111.8 km (69.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.468° S, 68.797° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3547 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3539 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 3537 days ago · 127 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3535 days ago · 110 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3534 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3529 days ago · 98 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3526 days ago · 131 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3525 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3496 days ago · 126 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.1134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3553 days ago · 126 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3561 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3566 days ago · 114 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.1160 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3568 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007tbk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:08 AM UTC.