M4.3 earthquake 114 km SE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 114 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 11:41 AM GMT-3 (14:41 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 150 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
- 2021-01-09 14:41:06 UTC
- Depth
- 96.4 km (59.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.017° S, 69.466° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2089 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2070 days ago · 127 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2136 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2063 days ago · 108 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 4.085 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 2056 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2050 days ago · 131 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5150 km N of Calama, Chile · 2050 days ago · 145 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2044 days ago · 108 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 3.867 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 2034 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 2.626 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2093 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0134 km N of Calama, Chile · 2103 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2106 days ago · 135 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.818 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2111 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.967 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 2119 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
- 4.3149 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2119 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d71p. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC.