M4.5 earthquake 112 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 112 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 1:24 PM GMT-4 (17:24 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 162 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-19 17:24:38 UTC
- Depth
- 106.4 km (66.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.319° S, 69.082° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at Camilla, Huara, Pica and Pozo Almonte.
From the USGS event page for usp000g4be. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1161 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6734 days ago · 121 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6720 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1167 km N of Calama, Chile · 6708 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6706 days ago · 115 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4177 km N of Calama, Chile · 6691 days ago · 136 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.2162 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6689 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.489 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6686 days ago · 108 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6Tarapaca, Chile · 6684 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 3.8150 km N of Calama, Chile · 6741 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 6752 days ago · 115 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.7126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6764 days ago · 113 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.6127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6765 days ago · 132 km deep · 16 km away
- 6.2125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6765 days ago · 120 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 20
- 4.2146 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6766 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g4be. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:20 PM UTC.