M4.3 earthquake 109 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 109 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sat, May 6, 2017, 1:10 PM GMT-3 (16:10 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 164 km ESE 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
- 2017-05-06 16:10:40 UTC
- Depth
- 98.1 km (60.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.039° S, 69.115° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1110 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3438 days ago · 95 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3436 days ago · 106 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.7164 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3430 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
- 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3423 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1118 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3404 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9101 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3380 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008q4h. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC.