Chile earthquakes

M5.6 earthquake 151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Oct 25, 2007, 5:35 AM GMT-3 (08:35 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.6 (mwc), moderate
Local time
UTC
2007-10-25 08:35:17 UTC
Depth
100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.602° S, 68.754° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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 194°, dip 32°, rake -32°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 312°, dip 73°, rake -118°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
222

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fr80 (also filed as us2007ixat, gcmtc200710250835a, gcmt20071025083517, iscgem13249193). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC.