M3.6 earthquake 162 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 162 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Nov 14, 2007, 9:38 PM GMT-3 (00:38 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 134 km E 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
- 3.6 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-15 00:38:45 UTC
- Depth
- 116.8 km (72.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.481° S, 68.622° 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
- 124°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7134 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6893 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6877 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.598 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6873 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 6871 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.4117 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 6854 days ago · 154 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.4140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6844 days ago · 127 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1166 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6844 days ago · 155 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6143 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6841 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3149 km N of Calama, Chile · 6838 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.7158 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6834 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 3.2124 km N of Calama, Chile · 6895 days ago · 150 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6896 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.9132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6909 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.6151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6914 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
- 4.3124 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6916 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fskd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC.