M5.4 earthquake 101 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 101 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 3:12 PM GMT-3 (18:12 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-26 18:12:32 UTC
- Depth
- 104.7 km (65.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.703° S, 69.350° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.06 · 27 stations |
| 5.35 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.3 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.4 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 221°, dip 4°, rake -28°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 339°, dip 88°, rake -94°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 532
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3435 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1110 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3435 days ago · 95 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3433 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1113 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3422 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3420 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.571 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3406 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3121 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3391 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.3113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3445 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.685 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3453 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3457 days ago · 103 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3466 days ago · 98 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3469 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3472 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.086 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3472 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4150 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 128 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008l3j (also filed as iscgem611833653). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC.