M4.4 earthquake 75 km SSE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 75 km SSE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Feb 3, 2023, 7:08 AM GMT-3 (10:08 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2023-02-03 10:08:35 UTC
- Depth
- 25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.854° S, 69.892° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 36
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 1337 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1320 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.251 km N of Tocopilla, Chile · 1318 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.049 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 1305 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 4.275 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 1283 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jl5e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC.