M4.5 earthquake 139 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 139 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:13 PM GMT-3 (02:13 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-16 02:13:06 UTC
- Depth
- 118.1 km (73.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.100° S, 68.817° 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 I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.392 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1842 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 9
- 4.5142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1833 days ago · 119 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4138 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1830 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 1816 days ago · 113 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2142 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1797 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.0115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 1797 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.090 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1788 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fbnk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC.