M4.4 earthquake 127 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 127 km E of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Jan 23, 2017, 2:52 PM GMT-3 (17:52 UTC), 121 km (75 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-23 17:52:08 UTC
- Depth
- 120.5 km (74.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.093° S, 68.940° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3535 days ago · 110 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3534 days ago · 120 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3529 days ago · 98 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.8142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3525 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.2136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3506 days ago · 108 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3496 days ago · 126 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3484 days ago · 116 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3480 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3547 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3547 days ago · 112 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3561 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6145 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3565 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3566 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.1160 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3568 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007v0t. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:38 AM UTC.