M4.2 earthquake 74 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 74 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 6:18 PM GMT-3 (21:18 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 110 km WNW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-25 21:18:25 UTC
- Depth
- 34.1 km (21.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.048° S, 70.838° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3215 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 10
- 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3215 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.444 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5157 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3191 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.297 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 3175 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bud6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.