M4.2 earthquake 14 km SW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Apr 4, 2017, 10:01 AM GMT-3 (13:01 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 88 km WNW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-04 13:01:49 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.320° S, 70.230° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3441 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.583 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3437 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.272 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3407 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ea8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:32 AM UTC.