M3.9 earthquake 131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 27, 2017, 6:39 PM GMT-3 (21:39 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 164 km ESE 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-27 21:39:37 UTC
- Depth
- 106.2 km (66.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.520° S, 68.933° 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, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 34
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3471 days ago · 110 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 3467 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3465 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3456 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 98 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1137 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 103 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2151 km N of Calama, Chile · 3440 days ago · 133 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.0143 km N of Calama, Chile · 3435 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1110 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 95 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3433 days ago · 134 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3432 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0124 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3432 days ago · 199 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.7164 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3426 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
- 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 4.3119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 120 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.8126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3476 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3478 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3483 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3494 days ago · 126 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008v4m. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.