M4.3 earthquake 92 km NNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 92 km NNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 15, 2017, 5:13 AM GMT-3 (08:13 UTC), 44 km (27 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-15 08:13:36 UTC
- Depth
- 44.0 km (27.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.426° S, 70.447° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 28
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.579 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3456 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 4.685 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3455 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3443 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.583 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3438 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.052 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3427 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.272 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3409 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.571 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3408 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008hu0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.