M4.3 earthquake 95 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 95 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 11:57 AM GMT-3 (14:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 55 km WSW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-06 14:57:41 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.990° S, 71.033° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 182°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.713 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2064 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 12
- 4.4138 km SW of Arica, Chile · 2060 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.055 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 2057 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 43
- 3.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 2055 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 11
- 4.144 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2022 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 9
- 3.122 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 2019 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.014 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 2015 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 14
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000df5a. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:13 AM UTC.