M3.9 earthquake 88 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 88 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jan 15, 2017, 5:42 AM GMT-3 (08:42 UTC), 107 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-15 08:42:09 UTC
- Depth
- 107.1 km (66.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.160° S, 69.303° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 32
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3544 days ago · 100 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3537 days ago · 121 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3534 days ago · 110 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.930 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3528 days ago · 98 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.8142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3523 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.2136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3505 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3495 days ago · 126 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3560 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3564 days ago · 114 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.1160 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3566 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007tcx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC.