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M4.4 earthquake 111 km NE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 111 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 9:14 PM GMT-4 (01:14 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 116 km SE of Arica, 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
2021-04-16 01:14:25 UTC
Depth
100.1 km (62.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.494° S, 69.401° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
9
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

9 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 4.9 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2135 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1991 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.2110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1988 days ago · 101 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.357 km N of Iquique, Chile · 1986 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
  4. 4.288 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1984 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  5. 4.0118 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1978 days ago · 97 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.898 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1970 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.4167 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1968 days ago · 135 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.292 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1956 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  9. 4.1102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1955 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.5116 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1955 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.390 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1952 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.391 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1951 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.1139 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1939 days ago · 112 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 3.626 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1997 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
  2. 4.7137 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2011 days ago · 131 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 12
  3. 4.445 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2015 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 29

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e1z5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.