M4.3 earthquake 55 km SSE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 55 km SSE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jun 20, 2017, 3:59 PM GMT-4 (19:59 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 142 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-20 19:59:09 UTC
- Depth
- 64.2 km (39.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.649° S, 69.881° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.0 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3142 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3358 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 4.38 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3354 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3339 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009nsd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:20 AM UTC.