Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 10:28 AM GMT-3 (13:28 UTC), 112 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-12-16 13:28:50 UTC
Depth
111.5 km (69.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.776° S, 69.170° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.4 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.844 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1751 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.2143 km N of Calama, Chile · 1740 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.2146 km N of Calama, Chile · 1732 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.2162 km N of Calama, Chile · 1725 days ago · 110 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.192 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1725 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.3129 km N of Calama, Chile · 1723 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.8120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1716 days ago · 108 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.3158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1715 days ago · 115 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.4161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 148 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.4132 km N of Calama, Chile · 1713 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.6121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1709 days ago · 131 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 4.199 km N of Calama, Chile · 1701 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.0118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1701 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1697 days ago · 93 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 22
  15. 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 1695 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.5127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1693 days ago · 125 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 4.1152 km N of Calama, Chile · 1753 days ago · 136 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.2152 km N of Calama, Chile · 1754 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.1135 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1756 days ago · 116 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.3147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1762 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.6119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1773 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 18
  6. 4.2117 km N of Calama, Chile · 1775 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.2157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1776 days ago · 132 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 1777 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.6163 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1780 days ago · 115 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gcrw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.