Chile earthquakes

M5.8 earthquake 143 km NE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 143 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Dec 25, 2007, 1:20 PM GMT-3 (16:20 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.8 (mwb), moderate
Local time: Tue, Dec 25, 2007, 1:20 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2007-12-25 16:20:52 UTC
Depth: 112.6 km (70.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 19.445° S, 69.048° 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: Normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 198°, dip 20°, rake -66°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 353°, dip 72°, rake -98°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap: 44°
Stations used: 331

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fv7c (also filed as us2007liav, gcmtc200712251620a, gcmt20071225162052, iscgem13297498). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC.