M3.4 earthquake 57 km NNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 57 km NNW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jun 27, 2021, 7:55 PM GMT-4 (23:55 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 127 km WNW 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
- 3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-27 23:55:07 UTC
- Depth
- 24.2 km (15.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.768° S, 70.425° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 11.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 182°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.315 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 1902 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 3.242 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1896 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 4.3127 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 1878 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 4.141 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1876 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
- 3.351 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1873 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
- 4.182 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1871 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000eqdd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:13 AM UTC.