M4.3 earthquake 57 km N of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 57 km N of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 5:30 PM GMT-4 (21:30 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 116 km SE of Arica, 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
- 2021-04-25 21:30:46 UTC
- Depth
- 51.7 km (32.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.692° S, 70.121° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.288 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1984 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 4.0118 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1978 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5116 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1955 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.390 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1952 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.2110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1988 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4111 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1996 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 9
- 3.626 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1998 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
- 4.014 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 2014 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 14
- 4.445 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2015 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 29
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e4rb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.