M4.0 earthquake 118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, May 8, 2017, 6:04 PM GMT-3 (21:04 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 101 km NNE 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-08 21:04:18 UTC
- Depth
- 106.3 km (66.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.845° S, 69.083° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1113 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3421 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3121 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3390 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.9101 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3376 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.1110 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 98 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.4101 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 105 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3456 days ago · 103 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008qm2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC.