M4.5 earthquake 83 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 83 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, May 4, 2017, 2:50 PM GMT-3 (17:50 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-04 17:50:44 UTC
- Depth
- 21.5 km (13.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.009° S, 70.917° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.272 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3407 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.571 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3405 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008pdb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.