Chile earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 132 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 132 km E of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Oct 30, 2007, 2:58 PM GMT-3 (17:58 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 143 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-30 17:58:03 UTC
Depth
107.2 km (66.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.126° S, 68.883° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Alto Hospico, Iquique and Pozo Almonte; (II) at Camina, Colchane and Huara.

From the USGS event page for usp000frme. 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.

Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6898 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 3.6162 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6896 days ago · 117 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.7134 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6895 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.4156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6879 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.598 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6875 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.4117 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 6856 days ago · 154 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 5.8143 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 6855 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 5.6151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6917 days ago · 100 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.3124 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6918 days ago · 106 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.4113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6927 days ago · 120 km deep · 19 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000frme. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC.