M4.4 earthquake 130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Sep 7, 2017, 5:05 AM GMT-3 (08:05 UTC), 111 km (69 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-07 08:05:54 UTC
- Depth
- 111.0 km (69.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.857° S, 69.106° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 34
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.792 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3300 days ago · 99 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.8124 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3298 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3291 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2128 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3279 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3279 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3275 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3273 days ago · 120 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.070 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 3266 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3252 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.1153 km N of Calama, Chile · 3314 days ago · 114 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5132 km N of Calama, Chile · 3320 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3328 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1138 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3329 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3336 days ago · 136 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3336 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3338 days ago · 93 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ahek. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.