Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 112 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 112 km E of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 8:53 PM GMT-3 (23:53 UTC), 110 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 136 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-01-26 23:53:43 UTC
Depth
110.3 km (68.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.320° S, 69.078° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 174°, dip 55°, rake -48°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 296°, dip 53°, rake -134°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.3 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
55

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 120 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3528 days ago · 98 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.3138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3524 days ago · 131 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.8142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3523 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 5.2136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3505 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  6. 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3494 days ago · 126 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3483 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.0131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3478 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 4.8126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3476 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.3119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3475 days ago · 120 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 3.9131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 4.4127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3537 days ago · 121 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3543 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 107 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3559 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vmi. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.