M4.1 earthquake 102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, May 26, 2021, 6:39 PM GMT-4 (22:39 UTC), 97 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 150 km E 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-26 22:39:25 UTC
- Depth
- 97.5 km (60.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.997° S, 69.200° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5116 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1955 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1139 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1939 days ago · 112 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1926 days ago · 96 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 11
- 4.3102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1918 days ago · 92 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 11
- 4.190 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1913 days ago · 101 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 5.2150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1912 days ago · 108 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 38
- 4.3132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1902 days ago · 110 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 3.242 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1896 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.292 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1956 days ago · 110 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
- 4.4167 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1968 days ago · 135 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.898 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1970 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0118 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1978 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 4.288 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1984 days ago · 108 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000eexn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.