M4.1 earthquake 108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 4:49 AM GMT-3 (07:49 UTC), 100 km (62 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-17 07:49:12 UTC
- Depth
- 99.8 km (62.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.869° S, 69.182° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3537 days ago · 121 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3534 days ago · 110 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.930 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3532 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3527 days ago · 98 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.2136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3505 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3494 days ago · 126 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 107 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3559 days ago · 108 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.6145 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3564 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3564 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.1160 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3566 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007tm3. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.