M4.5 earthquake 102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Nov 12, 2007, 6:01 PM GMT-3 (21:01 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 143 km NE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-12 21:01:04 UTC
- Depth
- 102.7 km (63.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.029° S, 69.192° 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
- 108°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.6162 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6893 days ago · 117 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7134 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6892 days ago · 122 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.598 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6873 days ago · 91 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.8157 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 6869 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.8143 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 6853 days ago · 113 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
- 3.929 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6849 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.7128 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 6846 days ago · 195 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1166 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6843 days ago · 155 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6143 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6840 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 4.9132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6908 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.6151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6914 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 4.3124 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6916 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.4113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6925 days ago · 120 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fsej. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:23 AM UTC.