M4.4 earthquake 167 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 167 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, May 13, 2021, 3:16 PM GMT-4 (19:16 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 150 km E 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-13 19:16:28 UTC
- Depth
- 134.9 km (83.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.578° S, 68.694° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 57
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.292 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1956 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 4.1102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1955 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5116 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1955 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1139 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1939 days ago · 112 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1926 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 11
- 4.3102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1917 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 11
- 4.190 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1913 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 5.2150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1912 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 38
Before
- 4.2117 km WSW of Challapata, Bolivia · 1970 days ago · 224 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.898 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1970 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0118 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1978 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.288 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1984 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 4.2110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1988 days ago · 101 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2135 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1991 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4111 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1996 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e2vl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC.