M4.4 earthquake 106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Apr 14, 2017, 6:55 AM GMT-3 (09:55 UTC), 103 km (64 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-14 09:55:53 UTC
- Depth
- 103.2 km (64.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.855° S, 69.210° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- Stations used
- 92
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.4101 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 98 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1110 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3432 days ago · 106 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1113 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3421 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.1104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3465 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3468 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3471 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4150 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3473 days ago · 128 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.9131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3475 days ago · 120 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3108 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3476 days ago · 122 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3477 days ago · 103 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3483 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008hig. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC.