Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 147 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 147 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 11:27 AM GMT-4 (15:27 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2013-07-12 15:27:58 UTC
Depth
106.0 km (65.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.471° S, 68.766° 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 Mamina, Pica, Pozo Almonte and Tirana; (II) at Alto Hospicio and Iquique.

From the USGS event page for usb000id2i. 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
80°
Stations used
39

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1127 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4822 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.6104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4820 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.5102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4819 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4812 days ago · 100 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.4140 km N of Calama, Chile · 4793 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.7137 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4782 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.794 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4777 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.6153 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4774 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 4.4114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4834 days ago · 106 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.7121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4844 days ago · 102 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.2140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4852 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.5100 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4853 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000id2i. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC.