M4.0 earthquake 90 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 90 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Nov 9, 2021, 11:45 AM GMT-3 (14:45 UTC), 102 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 115 km ENE 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-09 14:45:33 UTC
- Depth
- 102.4 km (63.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.671° S, 69.501° 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7141 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1767 days ago · 119 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.844 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1751 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 4.9115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1738 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
- 4.193 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1737 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.914 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1731 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 2.720 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 1792 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4101 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1793 days ago · 89 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 3.89 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 1807 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 6
- 3.911 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 1815 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 9
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 1816 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fspy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC.