M4.5 earthquake 71 km N of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 71 km N of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jun 4, 2017, 10:36 AM GMT-4 (14:36 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 101 km NNE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-04 14:36:56 UTC
- Depth
- 52.8 km (32.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.565° S, 70.146° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 150
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3121 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3390 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 4.380 km S of Arica, Chile · 3377 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.9101 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3376 days ago · 90 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 4.158 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3360 days ago · 52 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.38 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3353 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3114 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3353 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009kmd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.