Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 93 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 93 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 2:45 AM GMT-3 (05:45 UTC), 94 km (59 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 148 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-09-10 05:45:56 UTC
Depth
94.2 km (58.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.628° S, 69.366° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.8 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3160 km N of Calama, Chile · 1846 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.5139 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1843 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.392 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1842 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 9
  4. 2.723 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1840 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.5142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1834 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.4138 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1830 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.2150 km N of Calama, Chile · 1829 days ago · 136 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.5157 km N of Calama, Chile · 1829 days ago · 131 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.229 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1824 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
  10. 4.8148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1820 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  11. 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 1816 days ago · 113 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 3.911 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1815 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
  13. 3.89 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 1807 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  14. 4.2146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1799 days ago · 138 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 4.2142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1798 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 4.0115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1797 days ago · 115 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.720 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1792 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.288 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 1860 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.1112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1866 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  3. 4.9136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1867 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 9
  4. 4.3124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1874 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.1158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1878 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f9x1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC.