M4.6 earthquake 103 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 103 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Aug 5, 2013, 3:29 AM GMT-4 (07:29 UTC), 96 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-08-05 07:29:39 UTC
- Depth
- 96.2 km (59.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.672° S, 69.348° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.343 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4805 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4804 days ago · 108 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.494 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4803 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.281 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 4801 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6123 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4795 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.794 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4778 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6160 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4776 days ago · 125 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.0110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4772 days ago · 100 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 4.1108 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4812 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4819 days ago · 97 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.6104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4821 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1127 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4822 days ago · 118 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.6138 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4832 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 10
- 5.1144 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 4832 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 4.9111 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 4835 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000ivew. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.