Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 96 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 96 km E of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Nov 14, 2017, 12:59 AM GMT-3 (03:59 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 122 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-11-14 03:59:03 UTC
Depth
94.7 km (58.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.212° S, 69.225° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 150°, dip 47°, rake -79°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 315°, dip 44°, rake -101°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
54°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.0113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3240 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.7125 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3239 days ago · 110 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.3125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3237 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3235 days ago · 105 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.1105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3215 days ago · 99 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.2103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3210 days ago · 101 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  7. 5.2122 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 3197 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 4.1113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3253 days ago · 102 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.3Tarapaca, Chile · 3255 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.2116 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3257 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.070 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 3267 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bn3a. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.