Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 27, 2017, 12:18 AM GMT-3 (03:18 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 164 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-03-27 03:18:54 UTC
Depth
120.4 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.615° S, 69.087° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 106 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.4106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3471 days ago · 110 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 3467 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.1104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3465 days ago · 98 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3456 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.3113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 98 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.1137 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.2151 km N of Calama, Chile · 3440 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.0143 km N of Calama, Chile · 3435 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.3109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.1110 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 4.4122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3433 days ago · 134 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3432 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 5.7164 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3426 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 7
  15. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 4.8126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3476 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.0131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3478 days ago · 102 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3483 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3494 days ago · 126 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008uxi. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.