M3.2 earthquake 42 km NNE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 42 km NNE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 9:45 PM GMT-4 (01:45 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 Tarapaca, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-25 01:45:34 UTC
- Depth
- 54.3 km (33.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.884° S, 69.949° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people 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 3.2 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 1889 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.141 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1876 days ago · 67 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 3.351 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1873 days ago · 50 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
- 4.182 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1871 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.826 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 1860 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.133 km W of Iquique, Chile · 1853 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
- 4.2126 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1843 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.392 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1842 days ago · 103 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
- 2.723 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1840 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 2.315 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 1902 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 4.190 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1913 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1918 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 11
- 3.457 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 1923 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000eytb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.