M4.1 earthquake 125 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 125 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 12:25 AM GMT-3 (03:25 UTC), 120 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-28 03:25:38 UTC
- Depth
- 120.4 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.304° S, 68.953° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 29
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3527 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.8142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3523 days ago · 95 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.2136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3504 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3494 days ago · 126 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3483 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3478 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.8126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3476 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 120 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.9131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4150 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3472 days ago · 128 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3534 days ago · 110 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3537 days ago · 121 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3543 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3545 days ago · 112 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.0119 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3559 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vwc. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC.