M4.3 earthquake 147 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 147 km E of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 2:48 AM GMT-3 (05:48 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 115 km ENE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-06 05:48:55 UTC
- Depth
- 122.3 km (76.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.339° S, 68.744° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.7 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1135 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1756 days ago · 116 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2152 km N of Calama, Chile · 1754 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1152 km N of Calama, Chile · 1753 days ago · 136 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1752 days ago · 112 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2143 km N of Calama, Chile · 1741 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.9115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1738 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
- 4.2146 km N of Calama, Chile · 1732 days ago · 119 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2162 km N of Calama, Chile · 1726 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1719 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 4.3115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1719 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 3.8120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1716 days ago · 108 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1716 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1714 days ago · 148 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7127 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1712 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 14
Before
- 4.6119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1773 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 18
- 4.2157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1776 days ago · 132 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 1777 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6163 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1780 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000g9ep. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:55 AM UTC.