M3.6 earthquake 26 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 26 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 1:12 AM GMT-4 (05:12 UTC), 65 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 111 km NE 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
- 3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-14 05:12:00 UTC
- Depth
- 65.3 km (40.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.065° S, 69.952° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Iquique.
From the USGS event page for us6000e1eg. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
7 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 4.4 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 20
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4111 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1996 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 9
- 4.2110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1988 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.357 km N of Iquique, Chile · 1986 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 10
- 4.288 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1984 days ago · 108 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 4.0118 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1978 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.752 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 1978 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 3.851 km S of Iquique, Chile · 1977 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
- 3.898 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1970 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.292 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1956 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1955 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.014 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 2014 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 14
- 4.445 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2015 days ago · 64 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 29
- 3.122 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 2019 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 3.656 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2020 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
- 4.144 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2022 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 9
- 4.3104 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2027 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e1eg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.