Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 89 km NE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 89 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 6:56 AM GMT-3 (09:56 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 137 km ENE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-02-15 09:56:06 UTC
Depth
96.2 km (59.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.757° S, 69.439° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
10
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.7 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
56°
Stations used
72

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 2055 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 11
  2. 4.4111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2047 days ago · 110 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 7
  3. 4.2106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2044 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  4. 4.1116 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2034 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.3104 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2027 days ago · 104 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 3.656 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2020 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
  7. 3.122 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 2019 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.445 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2015 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 29
  9. 4.7137 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2011 days ago · 131 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 12
  10. 3.626 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1997 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
  11. 4.4111 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1996 days ago · 100 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 9

Before

  1. 3.713 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2064 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 12
  2. 5.235 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 54
  3. 4.048 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2075 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 10
  4. 2.99 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2080 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dhsc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.