M4.4 earthquake 105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Feb 2, 2017, 1:14 AM GMT-3 (04:14 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 136 km NE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-02 04:14:05 UTC
- Depth
- 97.7 km (60.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.959° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3505 days ago · 108 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3495 days ago · 126 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3483 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3479 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.8126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3477 days ago · 103 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3475 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.9131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4150 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3473 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3472 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3468 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 4.1125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 120 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.930 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3533 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3534 days ago · 110 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3538 days ago · 121 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1108 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3544 days ago · 100 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.988 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008ftq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC.