M4.0 earthquake 115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 4:40 PM GMT-3 (19:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 157 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-11 19:40:24 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.700° S, 71.107° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.444 km N of Iquique, Chile · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5157 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 3192 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c2yq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC.