M4.6 earthquake 147 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 147 km E of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Sep 3, 2007, 10:11 PM GMT-4 (02:11 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 151 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-09-04 02:11:47 UTC
- Depth
- 117.2 km (72.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.978° S, 68.760° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8167 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6964 days ago · 114 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9115 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6961 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6957 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1Chile-Bolivia border region · 6953 days ago · 116 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.1184 km S of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 6943 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1157 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6943 days ago · 133 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.4113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6924 days ago · 120 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3124 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6915 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.6151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6913 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
- 4.9132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6907 days ago · 107 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 3.7150 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 6966 days ago · 128 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0160 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6968 days ago · 121 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.9147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6969 days ago · 124 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4152 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6976 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.6150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6981 days ago · 127 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3121 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6984 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fmd2. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC.