M4.2 earthquake 72 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 72 km W of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Jun 3, 2017, 7:16 AM GMT-4 (11:16 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 71 km N 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-03 11:16:46 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.101° S, 70.829° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.571 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3406 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.988 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3360 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.158 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3360 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.38 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3354 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009kht. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.