M4.7 earthquake 92 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 92 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Sep 17, 2017, 6:21 PM GMT-3 (21:21 UTC), 99 km (62 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-17 21:21:36 UTC
- Depth
- 99.2 km (61.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.250° S, 69.267° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1114 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3299 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.8124 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3298 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2128 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3279 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3116 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3275 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3275 days ago · 94 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.070 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 3266 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2116 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3256 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Tarapaca, Chile · 3254 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3252 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.196 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3243 days ago · 95 km deep · 6 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000aplg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.