M4.5 earthquake 111 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 111 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 9:14 AM GMT-3 (12:14 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 71 km ESE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-04-26 12:14:09 UTC
- Depth
- 101.2 km (62.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.072° S, 69.090° 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 Pica, Pisagua and Pozo Almonte.
From the USGS event page for usb000gg1e. 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
- 100°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4140 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4888 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.671 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4883 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4867 days ago · 104 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.5100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4855 days ago · 107 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 4911 days ago · 96 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6152 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4932 days ago · 119 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4933 days ago · 99 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3135 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4935 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4935 days ago · 96 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3156 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4936 days ago · 138 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.7102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4938 days ago · 95 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000gg1e. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC.