M4.8 earthquake 110 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 110 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Feb 11, 1979, 9:58 AM GMT-3 (12:58 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 173 km ESE 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-02-11 12:58:48 UTC
- Depth
- 119.0 km (73.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.691° S, 69.225° 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.
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5173 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 17401 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.8132 km N of Calama, Chile · 17389 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000ysv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC.