M4.1 earthquake 156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 4:55 AM GMT-3 (07:55 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 82 km NNE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-12 07:55:11 UTC
- Depth
- 105.9 km (65.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.926° S, 68.852° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.982 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2089 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2070 days ago · 127 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4139 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2067 days ago · 167 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2136 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2063 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1159 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2054 days ago · 165 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2050 days ago · 131 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5150 km N of Calama, Chile · 2050 days ago · 145 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2047 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
- 4.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2044 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 4.3114 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2092 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0134 km N of Calama, Chile · 2103 days ago · 132 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2106 days ago · 135 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3144 km SW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2117 days ago · 185 km deep · 84 km away
- 6.075 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2118 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 38
- 4.3149 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2119 days ago · 104 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d7nl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC.