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: Thu, Oct 25, 2007, 5:35 AM GMT-3
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.

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

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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.