Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 58 km N of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 58 km N of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Jul 19, 2017, 7:06 PM GMT-4 (23:06 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 93 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-07-19 23:06:57 UTC
Depth
51.8 km (32.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.690° S, 70.244° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
174°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.38 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3353 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 5.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3336 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.792 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3336 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.2101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3334 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.288 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3328 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.322 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3326 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 5.292 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 3313 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 13
  8. 4.076 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3305 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.284 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3305 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 3.988 km W of Iquique, Chile · 3360 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.9101 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 3376 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.380 km S of Arica, Chile · 3377 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009yah. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC.