M4.1 earthquake 102 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 102 km E of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Aug 14, 2008, 12:33 AM GMT-4 (04:33 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 96 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
- 4.1 (m), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-14 04:33:27 UTC
- Depth
- 104.3 km (64.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.153° S, 69.171° 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
- 10
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9129 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6611 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.7113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6611 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5154 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6609 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.9154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6596 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.796 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6593 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.495 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6593 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2154 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6593 days ago · 135 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.3130 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6592 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.9125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6591 days ago · 142 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.0161 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6587 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.2167 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6625 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0144 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 6626 days ago · 138 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.9170 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6643 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3161 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6649 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gemh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC.