M4.3 earthquake 116 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 116 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 2:21 PM GMT-3 (17:21 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 113 km ENE 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
- 2017-10-12 17:21:08 UTC
- Depth
- 111.2 km (69.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.709° S, 69.175° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3276 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2116 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3258 days ago · 116 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3Tarapaca, Chile · 3256 days ago · 105 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3254 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.196 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3244 days ago · 95 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.0113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3241 days ago · 97 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3238 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3236 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000aqtw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC.