M4.3 earthquake 125 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 125 km E of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 3:26 PM GMT-3 (18:26 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 148 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-20 18:26:22 UTC
- Depth
- 109.2 km (67.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.261° S, 68.950° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3235 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1105 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3215 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2103 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3210 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5148 km N of Calama, Chile · 3206 days ago · 138 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 4.7125 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3239 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.0113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3239 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.196 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3243 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3246 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3252 days ago · 102 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3Tarapaca, Chile · 3255 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2116 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3257 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000brye. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.