M2.8 earthquake 44 km SE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 44 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 1:37 AM GMT-3 (04:37 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 113 km ESE 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
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-17 04:37:45 UTC
- Depth
- 43.7 km (27.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.454° S, 69.807° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 14.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 17
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
- 2.714 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 1746 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1731 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 4.192 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1725 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1719 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0103 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1717 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 3.8120 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1716 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1702 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1697 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 22
Before
- 4.5119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1752 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1135 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1757 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.621 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 1769 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1773 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 18
- 3.125 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 1779 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gd0y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC.