M4.3 earthquake 37 km N of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 37 km N of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Apr 2, 2017, 8:29 PM GMT-3 (23:29 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 101 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-02 23:29:35 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.876° S, 70.125° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 42
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.214 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 3466 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3457 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.392 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 3456 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.579 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3453 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 4.685 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3453 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 5.4101 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3441 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.583 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3436 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008dzn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.