M5.0 earthquake 88 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 88 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Apr 30, 2017, 6:36 AM GMT-3 (09:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-30 09:36:01 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.019° S, 70.969° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 350°, dip 23°, rake 94°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 166°, dip 67°, rake 88°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 220
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.583 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3436 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.272 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3406 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.571 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3405 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008m6e (also filed as iscgem610589479). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC.