M4.3 earthquake 124 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 124 km E of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 6:36 AM GMT-3 (09:36 UTC), 106 km (66 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-23 09:36:59 UTC
- Depth
- 105.6 km (65.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.244° S, 68.957° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000fr3y. 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6917 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
- 4.9132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6912 days ago · 107 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.5102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6898 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.6162 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6896 days ago · 117 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.7134 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6895 days ago · 122 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6880 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.598 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6876 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 6874 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 3.4113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6928 days ago · 120 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.9178 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6942 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1157 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6947 days ago · 133 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.1184 km S of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 6947 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fr3y. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:56 AM UTC.