M4.4 earthquake 150 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 150 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Mar 28, 2017, 9:19 PM GMT-3 (00:19 UTC), 128 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 101 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-29 00:19:38 UTC
- Depth
- 128.2 km (79.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.564° S, 68.883° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3471 days ago · 110 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3456 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.4101 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3444 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3109 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1110 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3434 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3432 days ago · 106 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1113 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3420 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.3108 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3476 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3476 days ago · 103 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3483 days ago · 116 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3494 days ago · 126 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008vfr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.