M4.4 earthquake 81 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 81 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 9:23 PM GMT-3 (00:23 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 35 km NW 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
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-04 00:23:19 UTC
- Depth
- 98.3 km (61.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.756° S, 69.536° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 14
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
14 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.6 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 98
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8122 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2096 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 12
- 2.626 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2094 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.99 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2080 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 4.048 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2076 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 10
- 5.235 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 2072 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 54
- 3.713 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2064 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 12
- 4.489 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2056 days ago · 96 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 10
- 3.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 2055 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 11
- 4.4111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2047 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 4.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2044 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 5.1114 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2106 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 27
- 1.818 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2111 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3153 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2117 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 4.486 km S of Arica, Chile · 2121 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 13
- 6.1115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2127 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 104
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d5c5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.