M4.1 earthquake 93 km NNE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 93 km NNE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 4:57 PM GMT-3 (19:57 UTC), 73 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 122 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-31 19:57:28 UTC
- Depth
- 73.5 km (45.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.392° S, 69.953° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.914 km E of Iquique, Chile · 1731 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4114 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1719 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 4.3115 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1719 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7127 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 1712 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 14
- 4.044 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1711 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.5122 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1710 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 25
- 5.076 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1709 days ago · 134 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 4.2122 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1704 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.085 km S of Arica, Chile · 1690 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 2.88 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 1688 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000g87p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.