M4.0 earthquake 123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 8:43 AM GMT-4 (12:43 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 92 km E 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
- 4.0 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-10 12:43:03 UTC
- Depth
- 92.6 km (57.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.786° S, 69.137° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3336 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3336 days ago · 136 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1138 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3329 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3328 days ago · 97 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5132 km N of Calama, Chile · 3320 days ago · 121 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1153 km N of Calama, Chile · 3314 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3311 days ago · 111 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.792 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3300 days ago · 99 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.8124 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3298 days ago · 108 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2128 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3279 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3279 days ago · 123 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.3137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3342 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0130 km N of Calama, Chile · 3342 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.3142 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3358 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
- 3.9121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3358 days ago · 146 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3366 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a6w7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.