M4.1 earthquake 104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 5, 2017, 11:48 AM GMT-3 (14:48 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 164 km ESE 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-05 14:48:38 UTC
- Depth
- 97.6 km (60.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.470° S, 69.191° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3457 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3445 days ago · 98 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.4101 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
- 4.1137 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2151 km N of Calama, Chile · 3441 days ago · 133 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0143 km N of Calama, Chile · 3435 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3435 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1110 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3433 days ago · 134 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3432 days ago · 106 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.7164 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3426 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9143 km N of Calama, Chile · 3412 days ago · 138 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 3467 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3471 days ago · 110 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.9131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3475 days ago · 120 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.8126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3477 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.0131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3479 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3483 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3495 days ago · 126 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008em5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:21 AM UTC.