M4.1 earthquake 110 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 110 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sat, May 6, 2017, 6:10 PM GMT-3 (21:10 UTC), 95 km (59 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-06 21:10:11 UTC
- Depth
- 94.8 km (58.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.090° S, 69.102° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3432 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.7164 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3426 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
- 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1118 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3400 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.9101 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3376 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.3109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 98 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.1137 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.4101 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3445 days ago · 98 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3457 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008q69. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC.