M4.5 earthquake 102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jul 23, 2013, 1:11 AM GMT-4 (05:11 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 110 km NE 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
- 2013-07-23 05:11:20 UTC
- Depth
- 96.6 km (60.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.745° S, 69.302° 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, Cuya, Iquique and Mamina; (II) at Huara, La Tirana and Pisagua.
ML 4.2 (GUC). Felt (III) at Alto Hospicio, Cuya, Iquique and Mamina; (II) at Huara, La Tirana and Pisagua.
From the USGS event page for usb000ikir. 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
- 29
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4812 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6103 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4806 days ago · 96 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.343 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4805 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4804 days ago · 108 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.494 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4803 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.281 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 4801 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6123 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4795 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.794 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4778 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6160 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4776 days ago · 125 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.0110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4772 days ago · 100 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 4.6104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4821 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1127 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4822 days ago · 118 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4830 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.6138 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4832 days ago · 110 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 10
- 5.1144 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 4832 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4845 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000ikir. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:52 AM UTC.