M4.2 earthquake 88 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 88 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 7:18 AM GMT-4 (11:18 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 116 km SE of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-27 11:18:52 UTC
- Depth
- 107.8 km (67.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.025° S, 69.324° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 38
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0118 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1979 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 3.898 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1971 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4167 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1969 days ago · 135 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.292 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1957 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1956 days ago · 97 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5116 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1956 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1139 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1939 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1927 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 11
Before
- 4.357 km N of Iquique, Chile · 1987 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 10
- 4.2110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1988 days ago · 101 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2135 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1992 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4111 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1996 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 9
- 3.626 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1998 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
- 4.7137 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 2011 days ago · 131 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 12
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000dxu8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.