M4.4 earthquake 113 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 113 km E of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Apr 1, 2013, 3:16 PM GMT-3 (18:16 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 152 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-04-01 18:16:33 UTC
- Depth
- 98.8 km (61.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.018° S, 69.085° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Alto Hospicio and Iquique; (II) at Camina, Mamina, Pica and Pisagua.
From the USGS event page for usb000fxg3. 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
- 72°
- Stations used
- 74
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6152 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4932 days ago · 119 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 4912 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4909 days ago · 101 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.4140 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4888 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.671 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4883 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000fxg3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:28 AM UTC.