M4.1 earthquake 105 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 105 km E of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 9:45 AM GMT-3 (12:45 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 120 km E 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-12 12:45:39 UTC
- Depth
- 98.8 km (61.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.098° S, 69.149° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 71
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
- 4.2103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3210 days ago · 101 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 5.2122 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3197 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 5.3120 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3172 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 4.2120 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3163 days ago · 132 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.0116 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3157 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3235 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3236 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.7125 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3239 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3239 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.196 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3243 days ago · 95 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bt4w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC.