M5.2 earthquake 100 km ESE of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 100 km ESE of Arica, Chile on Wed, Apr 11, 2007, 10:59 PM GMT-4 (02:59 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-04-12 02:59:06 UTC
- Depth
- 106.3 km (66.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.655° S, 69.368° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.16 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at Arica, Camarones and Putre. Felt (III) at Locumba and Tacna, Peru.
From the USGS event page for usp000f9g7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 196°, dip 44°, rake -56°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 332°, dip 55°, rake -119°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 275
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3106 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 7087 days ago · 133 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.9121 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 7076 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1123 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 7069 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0152 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 7066 days ago · 135 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f9g7 (also filed as gcmtc200704120259a, gcmt20070412025906, iscgem11923207). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:59 AM UTC.