Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Mar 25, 2017, 3:59 AM GMT-3 (06:59 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 101 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mww), light
Local time
UTC
2017-03-25 06:59:22 UTC
Depth
102.8 km (63.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.857° S, 69.001° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.8 Mww
Nodal plane 1
Strike 135°, dip 16°, rake -108°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 334°, dip 75°, rake -85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.6 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
37°
Stations used
88

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3108 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3476 days ago · 122 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.3119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 120 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.9131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 106 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.4150 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3473 days ago · 128 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.4106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3471 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.1104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3465 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3456 days ago · 103 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.3113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 98 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 5.4101 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
  10. 4.3109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 98 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 4.1110 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 95 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3432 days ago · 106 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 4.1113 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3420 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3483 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3494 days ago · 126 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 5.2136 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3505 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008uis. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.